May 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM UTC
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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May 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 28.2455, 102.0268
Tianwen-2 is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet orbiter mission due for launch in May 2025. The spacecraft will visit the Near Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), collecting samples from its surface using both touch-and-go and anchor-and-drill approaches. It will return the samples back to Earth around 2.5 years after launch, with the main spacecraft proceeding to visit the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS in the mid-2030s.
Long March · B/E
Height
56.3 m
Diameter
3.35 m
LEO capacity
12,000 kg
Successful launches
76
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is a spaceport in China. It is located in Zeyuan Town, northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan.
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Same launch vehicle
July 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
June 16, 2026 at 9:45 AM UTC
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM UTC
December 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM UTC
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM UTC
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM UTC
NET May 28 UTC. (Launch pad is per https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/f8ojaDIp7LsRK8hPfpfLwg)