The reporter learned from the National Space Administration that at 8 o'clock on May 17, the Tianwen-1 orbiter had implemented the fourth near-fire brake and successfully entered the 8.2-hour relay communication orbit.
At this stage, the main job of the orbiter is to act as a "messenger" between the earth and Mars, and to carry out "earth-fire transmission".
At present, the Zhurong Mars rover is carrying out surrounding environment perception and state inspection as planned, and all systems are working normally.
On May 17, the two devices had established a communication link between the two devices, and for the first time sent back the rover telemetry data through the orbiter.
(CCTV reporter Cui Xia Li Xia National Space Administration Yang Lu)