KOROLYOV /Moscow Region/, August 15. /TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket has taken the Progress MS-28 cargo spacecraft carrying food and equipment for the International Space Station (ISS) to orbit, a TASS correspondent reported from Russia’s mission control center.

It is expected to reach the ISS in about two days.

The carrier rocket with the cargo spacecraft was launched at 6:20 a.m. Moscow time (3:20 a.m. GMT) from the Baikonur spaceport.