On the launch pad of the Baikonur Wenchang, located on the island of Hainan, brought the carrier rocket “Changzheng-5” (“long March 5”). About this Chinese Corporation aerospace science and technology (CASC) announced on Friday morning, July 17.
In the period from the second half of July until first half of August it is planned to launch a rocket into space in the framework of the implementation of the first mission to China on the exploration of Mars using the probe “Tangwani-1” (“Questions to heaven – 1”).
According to local media reports, the rocket can bring on a transitional orbit of Earth and Mars in a week — July 23. According to preliminary calculations, the probe will take about seven months to reach the red planet’s surface. In the case of the success of the mission he will give the collected information to Earth in 2021.
