Scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China's first Mars exploration mission

被引:159
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作者
Zou Yongliao [1 ,2 ]
Zhu Yan [1 ]
Bai Yunfei [1 ]
Wang Lianguo [1 ]
Jia Yingzhuo [1 ]
Shen Weihua [1 ]
Fan Yu [1 ]
Liu Yang [1 ,2 ]
Wang Chi [1 ,2 ]
Zhang Aibing [1 ]
Yu Guobin [3 ]
Dong Jihong [4 ]
Shu Rong [5 ]
He Zhiping [5 ]
Zhang Tielong [6 ]
Du Aimin [7 ]
Fan Mingyi [8 ]
Yang Jianfeng [9 ]
Zhou Bin [10 ]
Wang Yi [11 ]
Peng Yongqing [12 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Space Sci Ctr, State Key Lab Space Weather, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Opt & Elect, Chengdu 610209, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Changchun Inst Opt Fine Mech & Phys, Changchun 130033, Peoples R China
[5] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Tech Phys, Shanghai 200083, Peoples R China
[6] Univ Sci & Technol China, Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Key Lab Geospace Environm, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China
[7] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
[8] China Elect Technol Grp Corp 38, Hefei 230088, Peoples R China
[9] Chinese Acad Sci, Xian Inst Opt & Precis Mech, Xian 710119, Peoples R China
[10] Chinese Acad Sci, Aerosp Informat Res Inst, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[11] Lanzhou Inst Phys, Sci & Technol Vacuum Technol & Phys Lab, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
[12] Beijing Res Inst Telemetry, Beijing 100076, Peoples R China
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
China's first Mars exploration; Scientific tasks; Scientific payloads; UTOPIA;
D O I
10.1016/j.asr.2020.11.005
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
This paper describes the scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China's first exploration mission to Mars. An orbiter, carrying a lander and a rover, lifted-off in July 2020 for a journey to Mars where it should arrive in February 2021. A suite of 13 scientific payloads, for in-situ and remote sensing, autonomously commanded by integrated payload controllers and mounted on the orbiter and the rover will study the magnetosphere and ionosphere of Mars and the relation with the solar wind, the atmosphere, surface and subsurface of the planet, looking at the topography, composition and structure and in particular for subsurface ice. The mission will also investigate Mars climate history. It is expected that Tianwen-1 will contribute significantly to advance our scientific knowledge of Mars. (C) 2020 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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页码:812 / 823
页数:12
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