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Huge antenna ready to support China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission – Space.com
The giant ground station on Earth is standing by as the Tianwen-1 spacecraft nears Mars.
A giant antenna constructed in north China is now ready to support the Tianwen-1 Mars mission and future deep space endeavors.
With China’s first interplanetary mission, Tianwen-1, about to reach Mars, the newly constructed, 230-foot (70 meters) diameter dish antenna in the city of Tianjin has been tested and is ready to receive data from the spacecraft.
Tianwen-1 is due to enter Mars orbit on Wednesday (Feb. 10) and begin its science and imaging observations shortly after. However, getting this…
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