The Chang'e-2 satellite, China's second lunar probe, is ready for launch in four minutes as the final stage of propellant injecting for the Long March 3C carrier rocket has completed, the launch headquarters said.

The launch is scheduled to take place at 6:59:57 p.m. Friday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

(Xinhua News Agency October 1, 2010)