Russian Rocket Launches Research Satellites

The rocket was successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (file photo)

A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully launched several small research satellites into orbit.

Among the satelittes are the German TET-1 aeronautic research satellite and satellites for Belarus and Canada.

The rocket was launched from the Russian cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Based on reporting by Interfax and dpa