A Soyuz rocket carrying multiple payloads has blasted off from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East Russia has launched a Soyuz rocket carrying an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, the country’s space agency Roscosmos said on Friday. The launch took place at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East and was broadcast live. The rocket carried more than 20 payloads, including two Russian scientific satellites, 18 small commercial orbiters, and Iran’s Nahid-2 satellite. Nahid-2 was