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Tianwen 1 enters Mars’ polar orbit – Chinadaily.com.cn – Chinadaily USA
China’s Tianwen 1 robotic probe entered orbit above Mars’ polar regions on Monday, moving closer to the red planet, the China National Space Administration said….
China’s Tianwen 1 robotic probe entered orbit above Mars’ polar regions on Monday, moving closer to the red planet, the China National Space Administration said.
The spacecraft activated its 3,000-Newton-thrust orbital-control engine at 5 pm to conduct an orbital plane change maneuver to enter polar orbit with a perigee of about 265 kilometers above the red planet, the administration said in a brief statement.
Next, the probe will carry out several orbital adjustment operations to move itself into…
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