A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, April 17, 2026. China on Friday launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket to send a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection into the preset orbit. The rocket blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket to send a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection into the preset orbit.

The rocket blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

It was the 638th flight mission of the Long March series rockets. ■

A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, April 17, 2026.

China on Friday launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket to send a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection into the preset orbit.

The rocket blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)

A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, April 17, 2026.

China on Friday launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket to send a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection into the preset orbit.

The rocket blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)

A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, April 17, 2026.

China on Friday launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket to send a satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas detection into the preset orbit.

The rocket blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)