A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday carrying Russia's first satellite for monitoring the Arctic's climate, the Roscosmos space agency said.

Russia launches its first Arctic monitoring satellite

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft takes quickest crew trip to International Space Station

A Russian Soyuz rocket with a cargo vessel blasted off Friday in the first launch to the International Space Station (ISS) since a manned accident last month. The Soyuz-FG rocket took off at the scheduled time of 1814 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, images from Russian space agency Roskosmos showed.

Russia stages first Soyuz launch since accident

Russian investigators have launched a probe into why a Soyuz rocket failed shortly after blast-off, in a major setback for Russia's beleaguered space industry. US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin were forced to make an emergency landing after the incident on Thursday, but were rescued without injury in Kazakhstan.

Russia probes ISS rocket failure

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Russia launches its first Arctic monitoring satellite

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft takes quickest crew trip to International Space Station

Russia stages first Soyuz launch since accident

Russia probes ISS rocket failure

SpaceX poised to launch 'world's most powerful rocket'