China News Agency, Beijing, August 20 (Guo Chaokai) The reporter learned from the China National Space Administration's Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center that as of 23:20 pm on August 19, the China Tianwen-1 Mars rover is about 8.23 million from the earth. Km, normal condition.
Starting at 22:20 on August 19, the Mars magnetometer, mineral spectrum analyzer, high-resolution camera, and medium-resolution camera on the orbiter of the Tianwen-1 Mars Rover will complete self-checks in order to confirm the status of the equipment normal. Among them, the medium and high-resolution cameras will be responsible for imaging the surface of Mars and conducting research on the topography and geological structure of the Martian surface; the Mars magnetometer will be mainly responsible for detecting the Martian space magnetic environment; the Martian mineral spectrometer will be used to analyze Martian minerals Composition and distribution.
On July 23, China successfully launched the first Mars exploration mission Tianwen-1 probe using the Long March 5 Yaosi carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Site, taking the first step in China's planetary exploration. On July 27, the flight control team of the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center worked closely with the test team of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology to control the Tianwen-1 probe to look back at the earth at a distance of about 1.2 million kilometers and use the optical navigation sensor to The earth and the moon were imaged, and a group photo of the earth and the moon was obtained.
The Tianwen-1 Mars rover will fly in the Earth-fire transfer orbit for about 7 months and arrive near Mars. It will complete the capture of Mars by "braking", enter the ring-fire orbit, and carry out landing, patrol and other missions at the right time for scientific exploration of Mars. . (Finish)