05 February 2021
Tianwen 1 conducted its 4th orbital correction on 5 February at 20:00 BJT, CNSA reported. The correction ensured that the probe achieved a sound planned rendezvous with Mars. CNSA also published the first image of Mars, taken from a distance of 2.2 million km. The probe has traveled about 197 days in orbit, flying about 465 million km. It is currently 184 million km from Earth and 1.1 million km from Mars. All probe systems are in good working condition, CNSA said.
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