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.

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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.

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