MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. Rocket Soyuz-2.1a with space freighter Progress M-25M was launched from Baikonur space center on Wednesday, Russian space agency Roscosmos told TASS.

“The launch was made at 10.10am Moscow time on Wednesday. All pre-launch operations and the launch of the space freighter by a new rocket were conducted as scheduled,” the space agency said.

Progress was blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS) by rocket Soyuz-2.1a for the first time. Soyuz-U rockets have earlier brought space freighters into the outer space.