Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Zhurong, a Chinese language-made Mars rover, is stranded within the uninhabited planet. For a 12 months, the robotic goes into hibernation, so it will possibly’t transfer.
Beforehand it was reported that Zhurong went into hibernation mode round final 12 months in preparation for avoiding winter on Mars. The robotic ought to get up in December 2022.
Nevertheless, Zhurong didn’t get up. China has been silent about this situation. State media Xinhua mentioned solely that the Tianwen-1 orbiter was in good situation and was persevering with to carry out its duties.
Now, lastly China opened its voice. The Chief Designer for the Mars exploration program, Zhang Rongqiao, has lastly acknowledged that the Chinese language authorities has but to make contact with Zhurong after months into hibernation mode.
“We have not been capable of entry communication with Zhurong in any respect since he entered hibernation,” he mentioned, quoted from ReutersTuesday (2/5/2023).
Moreover, he mentioned that the Chinese language authorities believed Zhurong would get up if uncovered to the solar. In keeping with him, communication couldn’t be carried out as a result of there was not sufficient daylight for Zhurong to collect new vitality to function.
Points like this are frequent for spacecraft that rely on photo voltaic assets. The identical factor occurred to NASA’s Perception Lander final 12 months.
Zhurong’s issues first surfaced in January. NASA managed to seize the robotic by the Excessive Decision Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) digicam.
This digicam rides on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. There are three separate pictures taken on March 11, 2022, September 22, 2022 and most not too long ago February 7, 2023.
Within the first body, the car remains to be energetic and the rover appears to be like like a bluish, misty blob. Subsequent, within the second and third footage, Zhurong appears to be like far down subsequent to the crater.
It isn’t shocking that China has been silent for months. It is because China wants strict protocols to disseminate data associated to their nation.
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