MIL-OSI Russia: Orbital operation of Tianwen-2 probe is proceeding as normal – CNSA

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Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) — China’s Tianwen-2 space probe has been operating in orbit for eight days without interruption as of the morning of June 6, reaching a distance of more than 3 million kilometers from Earth, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Friday.

Along with this, CNSA also released photos and video footage of the probe’s round solar panels being deployed.

Tianwen-2 is designed to carry out a mission to extract and return asteroid samples to Earth. It was launched on May 29 of this year.

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