Tianwen-2 spacecraft
Tianwen-2 is China's asteroid sample-return and main-belt-comet flyby spacecraft, launched in 2025 to sample near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and continue toward comet 311P.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Tianwen 2Tianwen-2Tianwen-2 probeTianwen-2 asteroid sample-return spacecraft天问二号
- Family Name
- Tianwen-2
- Full Name
- Tianwen-2 spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probesample_returnflybyresearchtechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Tianwen-2 is China's asteroid sample-return and main-belt-comet flyby spacecraft, launched in 2025 to sample near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and continue toward comet 311P.
- First Flight Year
- 2,025
- Manufacturer
- Operator
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- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 15:31:17 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 08:23:59 UTC