MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia launched the Progress MS-06 space freighter on Wednesday to the International Space Station (ISS) atop the Soyuz-2.1a carrier, a State Space Corporation Roscosmos official told Sputnik.
"The launch took place at the expected time. The cargo spacecraft's separation from the third stage of the Soyuz is expected at 12:29 Moscow time [09:00 GMT]," the official said.