Russia successfully launches first Soyuz rocket since launch failure in space

Washington, October 27 : Russia successfully launched a Soyuz rocket for the first time since the failure of a similar rocket that had interrupted the manned takeoff of the International Space Station (ISS). ) on October 11th.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that today, at 3:15 am local time, a Soyuz-2.1B rocket had been successfully launched carrying a satellite for the Russian army.

According to the ministry, the satellite reached its orbit at the agreed time. The head of the Russian Space Agency Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter that it was the first launch of a rocket of the Soyuz family since the October 11 accident.

The soldier He said it was the third launch of a Soyuz rocket this week in Russia's northern launching area, Plesetsk. The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos has set up a commission to investigate the failure of the launch of the ISS and is expected to announce its findings on October 30.