The Mars magnetometer developed by the University of Science and Technology of China successfully launched with the "Tianwen-1"

　　China News Service, Hefei, July 23rd (Reporter Wu Lan) At 12:41 on the 23rd, the Mars Orbiter payload Mars magnetometer independently developed by the University of Science and Technology of China, accompanied by China’s first Mars rover "Tianwenyi Number" was successfully launched.

　　The "Tianwen-1" Mars rover consists of a landing patrol and orbiter. Among them, the main function of the Mars orbiter payload Mars magnetometer is to obtain high-precision data of the Martian magnetic field environment. The main scientific exploration tasks include comprehensive and accurate measurement of the Martian space boundary layer, detection of the remanence of the local rock formations in the southern part of Mars, and Mars induction The magnetosphere studies the interplanetary plasma and interplanetary magnetic field in the near-fire space. At the same time, it also combines other load instruments to study the escape of particles in the Martian atmosphere.

　　The University of Science and Technology of China officially launched the development mission of the Mars magnetometer for Mars exploration in January 2016. The mission is the space payload development platform of the School of Earth and Space Sciences.

　　In the Mars exploration mission, the space payload development platform also cooperated with the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Exploration and Nuclear Electronics (University of Science and Technology of China) team to participate in the development of the Mars ion and neutral particle analyzer.

　　On the same day, China’s first Mars probe, Tianwen-1, was launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan with the Long March 5 Yaosi carrier rocket and successfully entered the scheduled orbit. The complete success of this launch mission opened China's first Mars exploration mission, and took the first step in China's planetary exploration.

　　The reporter learned from the University of Science and Technology of China on the 23rd that it was the first university to undertake a single-machine-level scientific load mission in China's deep space exploration. (Finish)