The picture taken on early November 12, 2007 shows A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying China's remote sensing satellite "Yaogan-III" blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province. The 2,700-km satellite will be used for scientific research, land resources surveying, crop yield estimate and disaster prevention and relief. (Xinhua) |