Tianwen-2 (Government Funding)
Funding Details
- Awarder
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- Date Award
- May 29, 2025
- Vertical
- Space Exploration
- Funding URL
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Company Info
- Traction
- The mission follows the successful Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter and rover mission launched in 2020, indicating China's growing capabilities in space exploration.
- Company Description
- Tianwen-2 is China's second planetary exploration mission aimed at sampling a near-Earth asteroid and later surveying a main belt comet. The mission will enhance China's capabilities in planetary exploration and contribute to understanding small planetary bodies and their evolution.
- Market
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Location
- Xichang, China