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New images have today provided the first glimpse of what this rover might look like when it launches at the end of the decade.
China, which is pouring billions into its space programme and working to catch up with the US and Europe, announced in April it aims to send a spacecraft 'around 2020' to orbit Mars, land and deploy the rover.
Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the project, said they were targeting July or August of that year for the launch, the Xinhua news agency reported.
A Long March-5 carrier rocket will be dispatched from the Wenchang space launch centre in the southern island province of Hainan, Xinhua said, citing Ye Peijian, a mission consultant.
The lander will separate from the orbiter at the end of a journey of around seven months and touch down near the Martian equator, where the rover will explore the surface.
The 200 kilogram (441 pounds) rover has six wheels and four solar panels, and will operate for around 92 days.
It will carry 13 sets of equipment including a remote sensing camera and a ground-penetrating radar to study the soil, environment and inner structure of Mars and look for traces of water and ice.
China's first attempt to send a satellite into Mars orbit failed in 2011 when the Russian rocket carrying the payload failed to make it out of the Earth's orbit.
China, which is pouring billions into its space programme and working to catch up with the US and Europe, announced in April it aims to send a spacecraft 'around 2020' to orbit Mars, land and deploy the rover.
Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the project, said they were targeting July or August of that year for the launch, the Xinhua news agency reported.
A Long March-5 carrier rocket will be dispatched from the Wenchang space launch centre in the southern island province of Hainan, Xinhua said, citing Ye Peijian, a mission consultant.
The lander will separate from the orbiter at the end of a journey of around seven months and touch down near the Martian equator, where the rover will explore the surface.
The 200 kilogram (441 pounds) rover has six wheels and four solar panels, and will operate for around 92 days.
It will carry 13 sets of equipment including a remote sensing camera and a ground-penetrating radar to study the soil, environment and inner structure of Mars and look for traces of water and ice.
China's first attempt to send a satellite into Mars orbit failed in 2011 when the Russian rocket carrying the payload failed to make it out of the Earth's orbit.