Published: 17:28, April 25, 2020 | Updated: 03:38, June 6, 2023
Russia launches cargo ship to international space station
By Xinhua

In this photo distributed by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, the Russian Progress MS-14 cargo spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at Russia's space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, April 25, 2020. (PHOTO / AP)

MOSCOW — Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation on Saturday launched a special Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-14 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), the corporation said in a statement.

The Soyuz-2.1a named the Rocket of Victory was launched at 0151 GMT from launchpad No 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan, and has successfully injected the spacecraft into the calculated orbit, according to the statement

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The Soyuz-2.1a named the Rocket of Victory was launched at 0151 GMT from launchpad No 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan, and has successfully injected the spacecraft into the calculated orbit, according to the statement.

The spacecraft, delivering over two tons of various cargo, will dock to the Russian ISS segment at 0512 GMT after a "superfast" two-orbit flight for about three hours, it added.

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Roscosmos dedicated Saturday's launch to the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, with the rocket decorated with images of St. George's ribbon and the Great Patriotic War orders, the statement said.