Pictures of China's first lunar probe Chang'e-1

China launched its first lunar orbiter, an event hailed in the world's most populous nation as a milestone event in its global rise

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The circumlunar satellite Chang'e-1 blasted off on a Long March3A carrier rocket at 6:05 p.m. from the No. 3 launching tower in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center of southwestern Sichuan Province