Zhurong
Shape built from published dimensions and pictures; details simplified.
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Pictures 4
Three-quarter view
From the side
From behind
From above
About this model
Zhurong is one of the 203 3D models Space Radar made itself: a lander or rover, built in code from published dimensions and photographs, with no image-to-3D generator and no one else’s mesh.
Shape built from published dimensions and pictures; details simplified. It has 7,937 triangles in a 81 kB glTF file, and is 3.0 m across at full scale.
It is part of the map’s library; no object on the live map is drawn with it today.
Dimensions and their sources
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Length | 2.6 m |
| Width | 3 m |
| Height | 1.85 m |
Wikipedia, 'Zhurong (rover)', en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhurong_(rover), OPENED 2026-10-20: dimensions '2.6 x 3 x 1.85 m'; 'is 1.85 m tall'; 'powered by four solar panels along with n-undecane stored in 10 containers under two circular windows on the deck'. zh.wikipedia, '祝融号火星车', OPENED 2026-10-20: '完全展开：长2.6米，宽3米，高1.85米' (unfolded: 2.6 m long, 3 m wide, 1.85 m high), '未展开：长1.65米，宽2米，高0.8米' (folded). OURS: the body 0.9 x 1.05 x 0.48 m, the deck 1.44 m across, the wheels 0.3 m across, the wings 1.0 m long swept 36 to 38 degrees, the mast and every instrument's size (read 2026-10-20)
How it was made
Built in code from published dimensions and photographs, with no image-to-3D generator and no one else’s mesh. 3D model: built by Space Radar from published dimensions and pictures (CNSA via China News Service, CC BY 4.0; Li et al. 2021, CC BY 4.0; Regnart, CC0).
The full record
built by this project in code (release 1.3.0 stage W3-c's scripts, one a craft, on W1-c's part library, kept with the stage's notes), from the cited dimensions and the pictures under `references`; no image-to-3D model was used, and no published mesh (CNSA publishes none under terms that allow a derivative, and NASA's 3D Resources and NASA Science's 3D models have none of these craft; read 2026-10-20)
Where the map uses it. the utopia landing site (registry/sites.yaml), Utopia Planitia on Mars: China's rover Zhurong, its four wings spread, its mast up. It was the generic rover (scene/models.js `rover`), which is still what is drawn while this file is on its way; public #1124
Licence note. CC BY 4.0 (the selfie of Zhurong and its lander, CNSA via China News Service; the payload layout figure of Li et al. 2021) and CC0 (Regnart's suspension drawing): looked at, with credit; nothing of them is in the file. The full-size mock-ups' photographs are CC BY-SA 4.0 and were looked at only. The shape is this project's, under this repository's licence, built from published numbers (facts).
References 4
What the shape was compared with. None of these pictures is in the file.
- Zhurong-with-lander-selfieCNSA / China News ServiceCC BY 4.0 (中国新闻网 / China News Service; Commons' LicenseShortName, read 2026-10-20)
- Zhurong payloadLi et al. 2021, CC BY 4.0CC BY 4.0 (Li, C., Zhang, R., Yu, D. et al. 2021, Space Science Reviews; Commons' LicenseShortName, read 2026-10-20)
- ZhurongFahrwerkRegnartCC0 (Regnart; Commons' LicenseShortName, read 2026-10-20)
- Zhurong rover mockup at CSTM 02ShujianyangCC BY-SA 4.0 (Shujianyang; Commons' LicenseShortName, read 2026-10-20)
Use it
The model is under the MIT licence: use it, change it and share it, in any project, also a paid one. Keep the credit:
Zhurong 3D model by Space Radar (spaceradar.ai), MIT LicenseAny glTF 2.0 loader that reads meshopt compression (EXT_meshopt_compression) opens the file: three.js with its MeshoptDecoder, Babylon.js, model-viewer. Tools such as glTF-Transform can write an uncompressed copy.
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