Zhurong rover

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Zhurong rover is China’s first Mars rover, designed to explore the Martian surface as part of the Tianwen-1 mission.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mars rover
Planetary rover
actualOperationDuration More than 1 Earth year
agency China National Space Administration NERFINISHED
arrivalAtMarsOrbit 2021-02-10
communicationBand X-band
communicationRelay Tianwen-1 orbiter NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin China
designedLifetime 90 Martian days
firstForCountry China’s first Mars rover
imagingCapability High-resolution stereo imaging
instrument Mars Climate Station NERFINISHED
Mars Magnetic Field Detector NERFINISHED
Mars Rover Penetrating Radar NERFINISHED
Mars Surface Composition Detector NERFINISHED
Multispectral Camera NERFINISHED
Navigation and Terrain Camera NERFINISHED
landingBody Mars NERFINISHED
landingDate 2021-05-14
landingHemisphere Northern hemisphere of Mars NERFINISHED
landingRegion Utopia Planitia NERFINISHED
lastCommunication 2022-05
launchDate 2020-07-23
launchSite Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Long March 5 NERFINISHED
mass approximately 240 kilograms
missionAchievement First non-US rover to operate on Mars for more than 90 sols
First successful Mars landing by China
missionType Mars exploration
mobilityType Wheeled rover
namedAfter Zhurong NERFINISHED
nameEtymology Named after the Chinese god of fire
numberOfWheels 6
operator CNSA NERFINISHED
China National Space Administration NERFINISHED
partOfMission Tianwen-1 NERFINISHED
planetaryBodyExplored Mars NERFINISHED
powerSource Solar panels
primaryObjective Investigate soil structure
Search for water ice
Study Martian climate and environment
Study Martian surface geology
program Chinese Mars Exploration Program NERFINISHED
radarCapability Subsurface structure detection
reasonForContactLoss Likely dust accumulation on solar panels
scienceFocus Climate
Geology
Subsurface ice search
spacecraftBus Tianwen-1 lander and rover system NERFINISHED
status Contact lost
surfaceOperationsStart 2021-05-22
terrainNavigationCapability Autonomous obstacle avoidance

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Tianwen-1 landingBody Zhurong rover
Tianwen-1 spacecraftComponent Zhurong rover