(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Moscow 21 Rajab1437 AH 28 April2016 SPA -- The first space flight took off early Thursday from Russia's new Vostochny Cosmodrome state news agency TASS reported following a last-minute delay the previous day.
The launch at 5:01 am Moscow time (0201 GMT) successfully put three satellites into interim orbit a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said according to dpa.
President Vladimir Putin travelled out to the far-eastern city of Blagoveshchensk to watch the launch originally scheduled for Wednesday but which was then delayed by 24 hours.
Roscosmos blamed the postponement on a glitch in the flight control system according to a statement.
-- SPA
11:16 LOCAL TIME 08:16 GMT
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