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China-Mars Probe/Parking Orbit
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of animation of Tianwen-1 probe entering parking orbit of Mars, points of landing areas
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE(Chinese) Tan Zhiyun, deputy chief designer, Mars probe with China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)(ending with shot 3):
"It(the probe) will conduct an advance probe to the landing area. It will take photos of the landing zone for multiple times and we will judge the topography and dust storm on the pre-selected landing area. We will figure all these information out in preparation for a safe landing."
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of animation Mars, probe equipment
FILE: Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - July 23, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Long March-5 Y4 rocket carrying Mars probe Tianwen-1 blasting off from launch pad
5. Various of space scientists
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of animation of Tianwen-1 in space
FILE: Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - July 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of videos of Tianwen-1 in space
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of animation simulating Tianwen-1 probe landing on Mars
9. Animation displaying track of Tianwen-1
China's Tianwen-1 probe on Wednesday entered the parking orbit of Mars after performing an orbital maneuver, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
At 06:29 (Beijing Time), Tianwen-1 entered the parking orbit, with its closest point to the planet at 280 km and the farthest point at 59,000 km. It will take Tianwen-1 about two Martian days to complete a circle (a Martian day is approximately 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth), the CNSA said.
Tianwen-1, including an orbiter, a lander and a rover, will run in the orbit for about three months.
The CNSA added that payloads on the orbiter will all be switched on for scientific exploration. The medium-resolution camera, high-resolution camera and spectrometer will carry out a detailed investigation, said Tan Zhiyun, deputy chief designer of the Mars probe with the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
"It(the probe) will conduct an advance probe to the landing area. It will take photos of the landing zone for multiple times and we will judge the topography and dust storm on the pre-selected landing area. We will figure all these information out in preparation for a safe landing," he said.
On July 23, 2020, Tianwen-1 was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China's island province of Hainan.
The probe has been traveling in space for 215 days and is currently about 212 million km from Earth. It entered the orbit around Mars on Feb 10 and performed two orbital adjustments on Feb 15 and Feb 20.
The mission's ultimate goal is to soft-land a rover in May or June for further patrol and exploration on Mars surface.
China-Mars Probe/Parking Orbit
Dateline : Recent/File
Location : China
Duration : 1'22
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of animation of Tianwen-1 probe entering parking orbit of Mars, points of landing areas
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE(Chinese) Tan Zhiyun, deputy chief designer, Mars probe with China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)(ending with shot 3):
"It(the probe) will conduct an advance probe to the landing area. It will take photos of the landing zone for multiple times and we will judge the topography and dust storm on the pre-selected landing area. We will figure all these information out in preparation for a safe landing."
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of animation Mars, probe equipment
FILE: Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - July 23, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Long March-5 Y4 rocket carrying Mars probe Tianwen-1 blasting off from launch pad
5. Various of space scientists
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of animation of Tianwen-1 in space
FILE: Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - July 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of videos of Tianwen-1 in space
FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of animation simulating Tianwen-1 probe landing on Mars
9. Animation displaying track of Tianwen-1
China's Tianwen-1 probe on Wednesday entered the parking orbit of Mars after performing an orbital maneuver, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
At 06:29 (Beijing Time), Tianwen-1 entered the parking orbit, with its closest point to the planet at 280 km and the farthest point at 59,000 km. It will take Tianwen-1 about two Martian days to complete a circle (a Martian day is approximately 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth), the CNSA said.
Tianwen-1, including an orbiter, a lander and a rover, will run in the orbit for about three months.
The CNSA added that payloads on the orbiter will all be switched on for scientific exploration. The medium-resolution camera, high-resolution camera and spectrometer will carry out a detailed investigation, said Tan Zhiyun, deputy chief designer of the Mars probe with the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
"It(the probe) will conduct an advance probe to the landing area. It will take photos of the landing zone for multiple times and we will judge the topography and dust storm on the pre-selected landing area. We will figure all these information out in preparation for a safe landing," he said.
On July 23, 2020, Tianwen-1 was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China's island province of Hainan.
The probe has been traveling in space for 215 days and is currently about 212 million km from Earth. It entered the orbit around Mars on Feb 10 and performed two orbital adjustments on Feb 15 and Feb 20.
The mission's ultimate goal is to soft-land a rover in May or June for further patrol and exploration on Mars surface.
ID : 8179053
Published : 2021-02-24 14:34
Last Modified : 2021-02-24 19:02:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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