(250725) -- VLADIVOSTOK, July 25, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket lifts off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur Oblast, July 25, 2025. Russia successfully launched 20 satellites into space on Friday, the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos announced.

A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East at 8:54 Moscow time (0554 GMT), Roscosmos said on its website. (Roscosmos/Handout via Xinhua)