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The 2020 Chinese Mars Mission is a planned project by China to place a Mars orbiter, lander and rover on Mars. The mission is planned to be launched in 2020 with a Long March 5 heavy lift rocket. [1]
The spacecraft is being developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), and managed by the National Space Science Centre (NSSC) in Beijing.[1] This Mars mission would be a demonstration of technology needed for a Mars sample return mission proposed for the 2030s.[1]
Scientific instruments
The notional payload consists on:[1]
- Orbiter
- space particle detector
- spectrometer to look for methane in the atmosphere of Mars
- space-based radar
- Lander
- Rover
- ground-penetrating radar to image about Vorlage:Convert below the Martian surface
- radiation detector
See also
- Climate of Mars
- ExoMars rover
- Exploration of Mars
- Life on Mars
- Mars 2020 (rover)
- Mars Orbiter Mission
- Mars sample return mission
- Yinghuo-1, a failed Chinese Mars orbiter
References
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- ↑ a b c d Andrew Jones: China is racing to make the 2020 launch window to Mars In: GB Times, 22 February 2016. Abgerufen am 22. Februar 2016