MOSCOW, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation on Saturday launched a special Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-14 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), the corporation said in a statement.
The Soyuz-2.1a named the Rocket of Victory was launched at 0151 GMT from launchpad No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan, and has successfully injected the spacecraft into the calculated orbit, according to the statement.
The spacecraft, delivering over two tons of various cargo, will dock to the Russian ISS segment at 0512 GMT after a "superfast" two-orbit flight for about three hours, it added.
Roscosmos dedicated Saturday's launch to the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, with the rocket decorated with images of St. George's ribbon and the Great Patriotic War orders, the statement said.
