Xichang Satellite Launch Center Launch Schedule
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Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
28 May, 5:31pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Tianwen-2
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Destination
Asteroid Lander
Tianwen-2 is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet orbiter mission due for launch in May 2025. The spacecraft will visit the Near Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), collecting samples from its surface using both touch-and-go and anchor-and-drill approaches. It will return the samples back to Earth around 2.5 years after launch, with the main spacecraft proceeding to visit the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS in the mid-2030s.
Last Update: Launch success.
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Upcoming Xichang Satellite Launch Center Launches
TBD
2025
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