Tianwen-2 has executed a series of small propulsive burns after a primary maneuver on 7 June as it closes on asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa. Radio tracking places the spacecraft in the rendezvous sequence, with the burn set refining its trajectory for arrival operations and orbital insertion expected in July.
The profile shows active navigation rather than passive cruise. That matters for China’s sample-return architecture, because the next phase will determine orbit capture, proximity operations, and the timing of surface mapping before sampling.
Further updates will show whether the spacecraft holds its corridor into the asteroid phase on schedule.