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A video screenshot shows the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, October 26, 2022. /CFP
Russia's Soyuz-2.1a rocket has successfully sent into orbit the Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos announced Wednesday.
The Progress MS-21 spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday.
The spacecraft will deliver 2.5 tonnes of cargo to the ISS, including equipment, fuel, compressed nitrogen, water and food.
Russia's Progress MS series of cargo spaceships are dedicated to providing services for orbital stations, including transporting various materials and performing orbit corrections for the ISS.
This was the 19th launch of Russian space rockets in 2022, and the third with a Progress cargo ship.
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