A Long March 2C rocket carrying a joint Chinese and French oceanography satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert, Oct. 29, 2018. The CFOSat mission has been designed to gain new insights into ocean surface characteristics (winds and waves) and their impacts on the atmosphere-ocean exchanges that play a key role in the climate system. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
A Long March 2C rocket carrying a joint Chinese and French oceanography satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert, Oct. 29, 2018. The CFOSat mission has been designed to gain new insights into ocean surface characteristics (winds and waves) and their impacts on the atmosphere-ocean exchanges that play a key role in the climate system. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
A Long March 2C rocket carrying a joint Chinese and French oceanography satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert, Oct. 29, 2018. The CFOSat mission has been designed to gain new insights into ocean surface characteristics (winds and waves) and their impacts on the atmosphere-ocean exchanges that play a key role in the climate system. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
A Long March 2C rocket carrying a joint Chinese and French oceanography satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert, Oct. 29, 2018. The CFOSat mission has been designed to gain new insights into ocean surface characteristics (winds and waves) and their impacts on the atmosphere-ocean exchanges that play a key role in the climate system. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)