Long March-4B rocket carrying Ziyuan-3, China's first civil satellite designed to provide high-resolution images of the Earth observation, lifts off the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, in northern China's Shanxi Province, January 9, 2012. The rocket also carried a satellite of Luxemburg. Monday's mission marked the 156th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets. [CNS Photo/Sun Zifa]
