China News Service, Beijing, February 24 (Guo Chaokai, Yang Lu) The reporter learned from the China National Space Administration that at 6:29 on February 24, Beijing time, China’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, successfully implemented its third approach. The fire brakes and enters a Mars mooring orbit with a near fire point of 280 kilometers and a far fire point of 59,000 kilometers, with a period of 2 Mars days.
The Tianwen No. 1 probe will operate on the berth orbit for about three months, and all seven orbiter loads will be powered on and scientific exploration will begin.
At the same time, the medium-resolution cameras, high-resolution cameras, and spectrometers in the payload will conduct detailed surveys of the topography and sandy weather in the pre-selected landing area, and prepare for landing on Mars.
Since its successful launch on July 23, 2020, the Tianwen-1 probe has been in orbit for 215 days and is 212 million kilometers away from the earth.
On February 10, 2021, the Tianwen No. 1 probe entered the orbit of the ring fire, implemented the far-fire point orbit plane maneuver on February 15, and implemented the second near-fire brake on February 20. The current equipment status is normal. Various flight control tasks are carried out normally.
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