Chinese Jupiter probe
Tianwen-4 (), formerly known as Gan De (), is a planned Chinese interplanetary mission to study the Jovian system, possibly sharing a launch with a spacecraft which will make a flyby of Uranus.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Tianwen-4天问四号
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Jupiter and Callisto orbiterUranus flyby
- Spaceflight.operator
- CNSA
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- CAST
- Spaceflight.launch_mass
- Total: Jupiter–Callisto Orbiter: Interplanetary flyby probe:
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- September 2029 (proposed)
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Long March 5
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Wenchang
- Spaceflight.programme
- Tianwen program
- Spaceflight.previous_mission
- Tianwen-3
- Spaceflight/IP.type
- flyby
- Spaceflight/IP.note
- Interplanetary flyby probe
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Background
- Possible mission timeline
- Mission architecture
- Jupiter Callisto Orbiter (JCO)
- Jupiter Systems Observer (JSO)
- Mission instruments
- Plasma and dust analyzers package
- Multi-wavelength imaging/spectroscopy package
- Geology/glaciology/geochemistry analyzers package
- Radio + optical link + radio science package
- 2024 Update
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
Tianwen-4 (), formerly known as Gan De (), is a planned Chinese interplanetary mission to study the Jovian system, possibly sharing a launch with a spacecraft which will make a flyby of Uranus.
== Overview == The goals of the planned Tianwen-4 Jupiter mission include: study of the interaction between magnetic fields and plasma present in the Jovian system, examination of the compositional variations in the Jovian atmosphere, exploration of the internal structures and surface characteristics of either Ganymede or Callisto, as well as investigation of the space environment surrounding the aforementioned Galilean satellites.