Mars Orbiter
Tianwen-1
Tianwen-1 is currently about 237,981,739 kilometres from Earth, or 1.591 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 13.2 minutes out. It is 1.571 astronomical units from the Sun.
China’s first independent Mars mission, which delivered the Zhurong rover and continues to map the planet from orbit.
Completed a global medium-resolution map of Mars in 2023.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 237,981,739 km (1.591 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 235,009,346 km (1.571 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 13.2 minutes
The mission
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- CNSA
- Launched
- 2020
- Operating
- Mars