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China's active Tianwen-2 mission launched on 29 May 2025 from Xichang on a Long March 3B Y110. It has begun scientific exploration of asteroid 2016 HO3; the mission plans to return an asteroid sample to Earth before continuing to main-belt comet 311P.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- Long March-3B Y110 rocket
- Launch site
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province
- Countries
- Peoples Republic of China
- Mission types
- Sample return
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 4, 2026
- Tianwen-2 Mission Launch Succeeds, Beginning China's Asteroid Exploration and Sample-Return Journey — CNSAMission page · Supports: mission claims · destination/body context · event claims
- Tianwen-2 Probe Reaches Its Target Asteroid and Begins Scientific Exploration — CNSAMission page · Supports: mission claims · destination/body context · event claims
- GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (auxiliary catalog), J. McDowell — OTHEROther · Supports: mission claims
- China to Launch Tianwen-2 Probe for Asteroid Sampling on May 29 — Xinhua — OTHEROther · Supports: mission claims
- China launches Tianwen-2 to retrieve asteroid samples — Xinhua — OTHEROther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
- Tianwen-2 Probe Arrives at Launch Site — CNSAMission page · Supports: destination/body context