China's Space Program News Thread

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siegecrossbow said:
There is a specific window for the landing. If they don’t do it on the 15th then they have to do it on the 16th or 18th.
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Why not 17th? The orbiter's period is 8 hours, Mars self rotation period is 24 hours. So if the phase is aligned for the landing site, there should be equal chance of landing every day.
 
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1393249404543541257

According to this post, Edgar is saying that he expect signal to recover at 18-19 UTC.

According to the landing profile, the separation is E-5h. E0 being the entry moment. Edgar said that he lost signal at 16:08, so the entry point is around 19:08 according the landing profile, then 7.5 minutes (450s) later touch down at 19:16 UTC. We may get some confirmation at around 20:00 UTC.
 
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voyager1 said:
Argentine is important with its good geographical position
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1393256206161022977
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Isn't the rover supposed to land at 23:35 GMT. +00:20 for signal to be relayed.
So by 24:00 GMT we may get the news.
 
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