China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Tianwen-2
Long March 3B/E
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 · 17:31 UTC
Mission
/01Tianwen-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.
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Asteroid (Asteroid)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Long March 3B/E
Variant: B/E
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
28.246° N, 102.027° E
119
Pad Launches
226
Location Launches
525
Agency Launches
118
Orbital This Year