Chinese probes will arrive in Mars in 2021

China is preparing to launch a probe to Mars by 2020 with the goal of becoming one of the world's space powers.

China is planning deep space exploration programs . The country will launch a spacecraft to Mars in July 2020 and expect it to arrive at the red planet in 2021, Li Guoping, general manager of the system engineering department of China National Space Bureau (CNSA). ) speaking at a sub-forum of the World Science Knowledge Conference 2018. This conference took place in Beijing, China, on September 18, Beijing News reported.

China will arrive in Mars in 2021. (Photo: Telegraph).

China also carried out a mission to explore the second Mars in 2028, with the intention of bringing the land on Mars back to Earth for scientific research, Li said. At that time, China deployed Long March-9 heavy rocket launchers to launch spacecraft faster into space.

With a diameter of 10 meters and a length of more than 90 meters, the Long March-9 boosters can carry 140 tons of load into Earth's low orbit, five times more than the current Long March-5 missile.

China promotes the use of space technology to monitor global climate change, Li said. A number of active projects use two separate satellites to monitor the atmospheric environment and terrestrial ecosystems.

The Chinese government has a positive attitude towards commercial rocket companies that have successfully launched small, self-developed missiles recently, Li said. The government is working to strengthen the management of their missile operations and launches.