China launches experimental satellite (5/7)

Photo taken on March 31, 2014 shows the sky after a Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying China's Shijian-11-06 satellite blasting off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu province. China successfully launched the experimental satellite into preset orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in its northwestern gobi desert on Monday morning. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)