Russia launches the Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft, atop the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, to the International Space Station (ISS), February 9, 2023. /CFP
Russia successfully launched the Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft, atop the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos said.
The Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:15 a.m. Moscow time (0615 GMT), Roscosmos said in a press release.
The spacecraft separated from the third stage of the rocket, and its antennas and solar panels opened normally. The ship is scheduled to dock to the ISS on Saturday.
The Progress MS-22 will deliver over 2.5 tonnes of cargo to the ISS, namely 720 kilograms of fuel, 420 liters of drinking water, 40 kilograms of nitrogen and 1,354 kilograms of various equipment and materials.
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(With input from Xinhua)