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Zhurong
Zhurong was launched on July 23, 2020 aboard a Chang Zheng 5 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: landed attached to another object (May 14, 2021).
COSPAR 2020-049GCAT D01032China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Zhurong
- Payload designation
- Tianwen-1 Rover
- International designator
- 2020-049
- GCAT identifier
- D01032
Mission
- Mission type
- —
- Owner
- LDSE
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- Tianwen
Launch
- Date
- July 23, 2020 · 04:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-049Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 5
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC101
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- PCO
- Status
- Landed attached to another object
- Status date
- May 14, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 240 kg
- Dry mass
- 240 kg
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01032
- Final central body
- Mars
- Phase start
- February 5, 2021
- Phase outcome
- Landed attached to another object · May 14, 2021
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2020 | Earth | Jul 27, 2020 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| May 14, 2021 | Mars | — | Stopped transmitting on the surface | — |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | May 14, 2021 | — | 25.07, 109.92 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | May 14, 2021 | — | 25.07, 109.92 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | May 14, 2021 | — | 25.07, 109.92 |
| Mars | Lander (powered landing) | Landed and operated | May 14, 2021 | — | 25.07, 109.92 |
| Mars | Rover | Landed and operated | May 14, 2021 | — | 25.07, 109.92 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Landed and operated | Jun 10, 2021 | — | 25.07, 109.92 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).