Moscow: An unmanned space freighter carrying supplies to the International Space Station was on Wednesday launched successfully from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Space officials said, the progress spacecraft launched at 02:27 am Moscow time (2327 GMT) from the Kazakh steppes and reached its target orbit.
Docking with the ISS is scheduled to take place at 0402 am Moscow time (0102 GMT) Friday and will be automatic, it added.
The Progress MS-17 is carrying over 470 kilogrammes of fuel, 420 litres of water and various other supplies.
The Russian space programme is renowned for having sent the first man into space in 1961 and launching the first satellite, Sputnik 1, four years earlier, and its achievements remain a major source of national pride.
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