23 July 2020
The Tianwen 1 Mars mission launched on board the Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang cosmodrome on Hainan island at 12:41 BJT (04:41 UTC). "The successful launch is only the first step of China's Mars mission, and we hope each of the many key steps of the long journey is completed successfully," said Geng Yan, an official at the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Centre of CNSA.
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