Tianwen 3

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than 2028

Mission Details

Tianwen 3

Tianwen-3 (Chinese: 天问三号) is a planned robotic Mars Sample Return mission by China to send two spacecrafts (an orbiter/Earth-returner and a lander/ascent-vehicle) via two separate launches to Mars no earlier than 2028. Together, the two spacecrafts will seek to obtain samples of Martian rocks and soil and then return the cached samples to Earth by 2031 at the earliest.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Long March 5

Active Since 2017

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Rocket

Height: 57m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 32,000 kg

GTO: 14,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,565 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 20m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

LC-101

Wenchang Space Launch Site, China

Fastest Turnaround

69 days 21 hours