China's largest carrier rocket, Long March-5, is en-route to its launch site. The ship convoy, which carries the rocket, departed from northern China's Tianjin port.

The rocket is scheduled for launch later this year at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in the southern province of Hainan. The 57-meter-long rocket is designed to lift heavy loads to outer space.

Long March-5 carrier rocket was loaded onto the Yuan Wang-22 cargo ship at North China's Tianjin Port, on August 25, 2016. The Long March-5 on Friday was shipped from Tianjin port to Wenchang Launch Center in south China's Hainan province. China plans to launch the Long March-5 in the second half of the year, according to the Carrier Rocket Technology Research Institute. The Long March-5 will be the country's largest carrier rocket, designed to carry 25 tonnes into low-Earth orbit (LEO). It is expected to carry lunar probe Chang'e-5, the core module for China's space station and the Mars probe. [Photo: Xinhua]