Tianwen-2
Long March 3B/E, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch time
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Wed 28 May, 19:31 CEST
17:31 UTC
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
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Tianwen-2 on Long March 3B/E. Wed 28 May 2025, 17:31 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2). Source: Launch Library 2.
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.
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- Planetary Science
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- Asteroid
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Launch success.
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Liftoff.
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Added launch window.
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NET May 28 UTC. (Launch pad is per https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/f8ojaDIp7LsRK8hPfpfLwg)
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Launch pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China (CN)
Coordinates: 28.245504, 102.026768
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