Blast off! Russia launches maiden rocket from 1st civilian Vostochny cosmodrome

  • 7 years ago
Russia’s new Vostochny Cosmodrome has conducted its first space launch on Thursday. The lift-off took place at 5:01am Moscow time (2:01am GMT) and some 8 minutes 44 seconds into the flight the Volga upper stage carrying three satellites successfully separated from the Soyuz rocket.

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