BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — The China Nationwide House Administration (CNSA) on Friday launched a video exhibiting how Mars probe Tianwen-1 braked to permit its seize by the crimson planet’s gravity.
China’s Tianwen-1 probe, together with an orbiter, a lander and a rover, efficiently entered the orbit round Mars on Wednesday after an almost seven-month voyage from Earth.
The video totally recorded Mars progressively getting into the sphere of view, the slight vibration of the probe after the engine was ignited, and the probe’s flight from Mars day to Mars night time. The photo voltaic wing, directional antenna, Martian ambiance, and floor morphology are seen within the video.
The CNSA mentioned that Tianwen-1 sends blessings from distant Mars on the event of Chinese language Lunar New Yr.
In line with the CNSA, the video was produced from the quick playback of nonetheless photos at a charge of 10 frames per second. The pictures have been taken by surveillance cameras on the photo voltaic wing and directional antenna. The cameras took photos each three seconds for about half-hour.
Tianwen-1 has a monitoring system consisting of a number of small cameras with low vitality consumption. The cameras, put in on photo voltaic wings, directional antennas, and the lander-rover mixture, can routinely take deep-space selfies, in addition to photos of the deployment of antennas and photo voltaic wings, and of key maneuvering processes, with out floor command management.
The CNSA mentioned the cameras would proceed monitoring and recording Tianwen-1’s exploration of Mars.