Tianjin Municipality, north China - May 8, 2016
1. Long March-7 rocket at assembly plant
2. Various of rocket being hoisted, moved onto carrier vehicle
3. Various of carrier vehicle moving to port
4. Various of workers hoisting containers
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hu Xiaojun, deputy chief designer, Long March-7 project with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, main contractor for China's space program (partially overlaid with shots 6-7):
"After a final assembly test before it was moved out of plant, the rocket is in good condition now. And the sea condition is also good for transporting."
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6. Engineers moving rocket
7. Banner with words reading (Chinese) "fulfills first flight"
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8. Animation showing how rocket works

China's new-generation medium-sized rocket, Long March-7, departed Tianjin port for a launch center in south China's Hainan Province on Sunday.

The rocket is expected to arrive at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in mid-May and make its maiden flight in late June to test a variety of performance indicators.

Fueled by an environmentally-friendly propellant, the Long March-7 has a launch capacity of 13.5 tonnes in low-Earth orbit and 5.5 tonnes in Sun-synchronous orbit.

"After a final assembly test before it was moved out of plant, the rocket is in good condition now. And the sea condition is also good for transport," said Hu Xiaojun, deputy chief designer of Long March-7 project with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, a main contractor for China's space program.

The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, China's fourth and southernmost space vehicle launch facility, will launch new-generation carrier rockets and space station modules.