Footage of China's "next-generation" carrier rocket blasting off from its brand new space port in Wenchang. <br /><br />The video shows the transport vehicle, which will become the main carrier for China's future space missions, taking off on Saturday. <br /><br />It can carry up to 13.5 tonnes to low-Earth orbit - a payload one and a half times greater than those of China's existing rockets.<br /><br />"The more our rockets can lift, the farther we can venture into space," Ma Zhonghui, the rocket's chief designer reportedly told the official Xinhua news agency.<br /><br />"Long March-7's successful maiden flight will greatly lift up China's comprehensive space capacity, and give the country a hefty boost in building itself into a space power," he added.<br /><br />Its re-entry module is scheduled to return to Earth at a desert in Inner Mongolia Sunday afternoon after orbiting the planet 13 times.
