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China launched a rocket with a probe to explore Mars

7/23/2020, 5:10:02 AM

In the south of China, a heavy launch vehicle CZ-5 with a probe for studying Mars Tianwen-1 was launched from the Wenchang cosmodrome. This was reported by TASS.


It is specified that a modification of the CZ-5 Y4 rocket was used to launch this mission, the launch weight of which is about 870 tons.

The total weight of the Tianwen-1 probe is 5 tons.

On July 21, a Falcon 9 rocket with a satellite for South Korea launched in the United States.

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