Moscow: The Russian Aerospace Forces have successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a satellite, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Soyuz-2.1b launch lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region in Russia’s north.

According to Qatar News Agency, the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class rocket carrying an orbital vehicle from the Russian Defense Ministry’s State Test Cosmodrome (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk Region.