NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Tianwen 3

Launch Time
NET 2028

Rocket

Long March 5
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 10,565 kN
Payload to LEO: 32,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 14,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 57.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 20.0 m

Mission Details

Tianwen 3

Tianwen-3 (Chinese: 天问三号) is a planned robotic Mars Sample Return mission by China to send two spacecrafts (an orbiter/Earth-returner and a lander/ascent-vehicle) via two separate launches to Mars no earlier than 2028. Together, the two spacecrafts will seek to obtain samples of Martian rocks and soil and then return the cached samples to Earth by 2031 at the earliest.

Payloads: 1
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

LC-101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, China