China launches Fengyun-3 satellite in Taiyuan (5/5)

Photo taken on Sept. 23, 2013 shows a Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying a China's Fengyun-3 satellite flying in the sky after taking off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north China's Shanxi Province. The new satellite, the third of China's Fengyun-3 (FY-3) series, will form a network with the first two FY-3 satellites to improve China's meteorological observation and medium-range weather forecast capabilities. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)