Russia has sent a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with Earth observation satellites into space, the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) reported.
"The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle took off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with the KOEN (MT-LAB company) and Kinosputnik (Sputniks business group) satellites," the announcement reads.
In this context, the state corporation emphasized that the launch was the first in the history of Russian space exploration where private space vehicles were the main payload.
Video: Roscosmos.