A Long March-2C rocket carrying the HY-1C satellite takes off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:15 a.m., Sept. 7, 2018. The satellite will help monitor ocean color and water temperatures, providing basic data for research on the global oceanic environment.(Photo: China News Service/Zheng Taotao)
A Long March-2C rocket carrying the HY-1C satellite takes off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:15 a.m., Sept. 7, 2018. The satellite will help monitor ocean color and water temperatures, providing basic data for research on the global oceanic environment.(Photo: China News Service/Zheng Taotao)
A Long March-2C rocket carrying the HY-1C satellite takes off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:15 a.m., Sept. 7, 2018. The satellite will help monitor ocean color and water temperatures, providing basic data for research on the global oceanic environment.(Photo: China News Service/Zheng Taotao)
A Long March-2C rocket carrying the HY-1C satellite takes off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:15 a.m., Sept. 7, 2018. The satellite will help monitor ocean color and water temperatures, providing basic data for research on the global oceanic environment.(Photo: China News Service/Zheng Taotao)
A Long March-2C rocket carrying the HY-1C satellite takes off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:15 a.m., Sept. 7, 2018. The satellite will help monitor ocean color and water temperatures, providing basic data for research on the global oceanic environment.(Photo: China News Service/Zheng Taotao)