The mighty Long March 5 rocket has launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island.
The HX-1 rover and the orbiter were on board.
The devices are expected to reach Mars in February 2021.
All this as part of the Tianwen-1 mission.
The name means questions to the heavens and refers to the ancient poem Tianwen, written over two thousand years ago by the poet Qu Yuan.
In the poem, he included his thoughts on the sky, stars, natural phenomena, as well as reality and the future.
From now on, all science missions in this country will bear this name, which will be completed with the appropriate number. The HX-1 robot is to look around the area, geologically analyze the surface to a depth of 100 meters and select appropriate sites for sampling in the desert areas of Utopia Planitia.
Interestingly, in 1979, the American Viking-2 spacecraft landed in this tap, stretching in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
When the rover finds the right places, an even more powerful rocket, Long March 9, will send another lander and rover there.
The robot will take samples, deliver them to the rocket, they will fly into orbit, leave Mars and return to Earth.
All this is to take place by 2030, and the Chinese Space Agency wants to make a historic step in exploring this planet with these large-scale missions.
So far, no country has managed to carry out such a risky task.
Chinese scientists will then have a lot of experience in this matter.
This credit goes to the Chang'e-5 mission to the Moon.
As part of it, the lunar rover is to take samples from the surface of the Silver Globe and deliver them to Earth for more in-depth study.
The mission is expected to start later this year, and interestingly, the United Arab Emirates sent a mission to Mars a few days ago.
An orbiter named Hope flew there as part of the Emirates Mars Mission.
The device was launched into space on top of the Japanese H-IIA launcher.
The mission is a great event, because in addition to the first cosmic steps of this country, it is also a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Arab Emirates. The task of the orbiter will be to collect basic data on the functioning of the residual atmosphere of this fascinating planet.
Scientists want to learn more about changes in methane and oxygen concentrations, and to solve the mystery of atmospheric loss.
The device is expected to enter orbit in February next year.
This is an introduction to the conquest of the Red Planet.
The UAE has long had very ambitious plans related to Mars and does not hide them at all.