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A leaked schedule has Tianwen-2 rendezvousing with Kamoʻoalewa around June 7.
Tianwen-2’s extended mission will take it into the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter to focus primarily on asteroid 311P/PanSTARRS before the end of 2034.
Tianwen-2 carries instruments for surface and subsurface composition analysis, thermal and magnetic measurements, and asteroid environment monitoring.
The Tianwen-2 primary and extended mission is providing insight into how to approach and survey asteroids for a deflection test expected to begin in late 2027.
Tianwen-2 is expected to depart Kamoʻoalewa before the end of April 2027.
The Tianwen-3 mission is expected to return about 500 grams of Martian samples to Earth in 2031.
Tianwen-3 aims to return at least 500 grams of Martian samples to Earth by 2031.
The Tianwen-3 return orbiter is scheduled to launch in November 2028 in both mission plans.
China is sticking to a 2028 launch target for the Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return mission.
The Tianwen-3 mission uses one launch for the lander and ascender and a separate launch for the orbiter and return vehicle.
The Tianwen-3 lander-ascender is scheduled to launch in December or May in the two mission plans.
Tianwen-3’s orbiter and service module provide a total of 20 kilograms of piggyback payload capacity.
Both Tianwen-3 Mars sample return plans target a July 2031 return to Earth.
China's two Tianwen-3 Mars sample return plans both require two Long March 5 launches in 2028.
CNSA has selected five international, Hong Kong, and Macao cooperation payloads for the Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission.
The Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission is scheduled to launch in late 2028 on two Long March 5 rockets.
Tianwen-3 is planned to return to Earth in 2031.
Tianwen-3 is a Mars sample return mission planned to launch in 2028.
Tianwen-2 is expected to inform aspects of China’s asteroid deflection test mission by improving understanding of how to approach and survey asteroids.
Lanyue’s guidance sensors incorporate improvements over systems flown on Chang’e lunar landers and the Tianwen-1 Mars lander through greater autonomous control and redundancy.