Tianwen-1: China’s First Mars Mission | Space

The Tianwen-1 mission is named after the ancient Chinese poem “Questions of Heaven.” It is a multi-purpose orbiter; Lander and Walker will scan the surface of Mars for water and ice, analyze the Earth’s properties and study the environment, and so on. Exploring the planet will require 13 cargoes. Above Mars, it is easy to deploy ground infiltration radar, which wants to focus on the surrounding earth and also on the distribution of rocks, ice, and dirt. The previous Chinese mission ‘Yinghuo-1’ Mars, attached to a Russian rocket, failed when it failed to leave Earth’s orbit and rotated across the Pacific Ocean in 2012.

Backdrop 

The new Mars spacecraft, which comprises an orbiter and a rover-connected landing module, was created by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and is operated from Beijing’s National Space Science Center (NSSC). In 2016, the mission was formally approved. On November 14, 2019, the CNSA welcomed several diplomatic missions and international organizations to a test site outside the heavenly peace to inspect the test site for hanging and avoiding the first Mars Lander mission. Marsian in China. China’s Mars Exploration Project has its first public appearance.

As the mission’s supplies proceeded, the mission became formally christened “Tianwen-1” in April. Tianwen-1 was launched from the Wenchang spacecraft launch facility on Hainan Island on the Long Journey 5 heavy-lift launcher on July 23, 2020.

Task Of Tianwen-1

Tianwen-1’s principal mission is to use an orbiter to conduct a comprehensive exploration of the entire planet and to deploy the rover in areas of the highest scientific interest for detailed studies. With high accuracy and resolution. Tianwen-1 is the name for China’s first reconnaissance mission to Mars. The CNSA (China National Space Administration) released the official logo of the mission at the event on April 24, 2020, to mark the 50th anniversary of the satellite’s first launch in the country.

Objecyives of The Mission 

From a scientific standpoint, the mission must accomplish five goals:

• Investigate Mars’ geological structure and its historical evolution. To accomplish this, the investigation will evaluate topographic data from distinctive regions, such as dry rivers, mountainous reliefs, glacier peaks, wind-eroded places, and so on. The orbiter has two cameras dedicated to this function
• Investigate the attributes of Mars’s surface and groundwater layers, and even the circulation of ice water. This is the function of the radar stations in the shuttle and rover
• Investigate the composition and types of rocks present on Mars’ surface, such as carbonate minerals found in ancient lakes, rivers, and other landscapes formed by the planet’s prior existence of water and the heating of minerals such as hematite, lamellar silicates, and sulfates. Perchlorate and hydrates
• Investigate the ionosphere, temperature, seasons, and general atmosphere of Mars in and near-space using orbiter and rover spectrometers, as well as multispectral cameras. This is a function of the rover’s meteorological station as well as the two orbital particle detectors
• Investigate Mars’ interior anatomy, gravitational flux, geological development history, internal volume flexibility, and centrifugal acceleration. Magnetometers and radars on the orbiter and rover are targeted for this goal

Tianwen-1 has 13 scientific payloads, 7 payloads on the orbiter, 6 launch systems on the lander, and 2 payload controllers independently deployed on the space shuttle and indeed the rover to perform the above scientific objectives. 

Conclusion

The tian wen-1 undertaking and accompanying zhurong rover are of 3 key missions to mars set to release between 2020 and 21. The others are NASA’s perseverance rover and the United Arab Emirates space employer’s wish orbiter. This challenge has made China 0. 33 countries in records to make a gentle and successful touchdown, the alternative being the USA and Russia, although it continues to be the first United States of America in history to do it on their first attempt. Tianwen-1 spacecraft has additionally efficaciously entered its planned primary orbit around Mars, where it’ll now offer updates and photographs of the planet as wished.