# Zhurong Rover at Mars: deployment

Canonical ID: `f691e13a-18e9-4796-a6b5-e01e394d22da`

## Key facts

- **Mission:** Tianwen-1
- **Site:** Utopia Planitia (landed 2021-05-14, drove off 2021-05-22)
- **Outcome:** Hibernated 2022-05-18; never re-established contact, presumed lost (solar-panel dust)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-06_

- **Slug:** zhurong-mars-utopia-planitia
- **Status:** ended
- **Model:** [Zhurong Rover](/models/zhurong-rover.md) (id: `88497e12-ad13-4e28-95d9-088e78deb92e`)
- **Company:** [China National Space Administration](/companies/cnsa.md) (id: `1a9f61ca-2bc9-45ff-97dd-7dd20174aaa2`)
- **Location:** [Mars](/locations/mars.md) (id: `c97e3c40-db5f-437c-a70e-357222f681f6`)
- **Operator:** [China National Space Administration](/companies/cnsa.md) (id: `1a9f61ca-2bc9-45ff-97dd-7dd20174aaa2`)
- **First seen:** 2021-05-22T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhurong_(rover)

## Common questions

### What is the Zhurong Rover deployment at Mars?

Zhurong Rover, built by China National Space Administration, is recorded as a deployment at Mars on the DEPLOY registry. China National Space Administration operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Zhurong Rover at Mars?

China National Space Administration, the manufacturer of Zhurong Rover, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Zhurong Rover deployment at Mars go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting May 22, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Is the Zhurong Rover deployment at Mars still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.

### Have there been incidents at the Zhurong Rover deployment at Mars?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


_API: GET /v1/robots/f691e13a-18e9-4796-a6b5-e01e394d22da · feeds: GET /v1/feeds?deploymentId=f691e13a-18e9-4796-a6b5-e01e394d22da · canonical URL: /deployments/zhurong-mars-utopia-planitia_