“The LauncherOne rocket entered orbit,” TASS reports.

As noted, the launch of a modified Boeing-747 with a two-stage launch vehicle fixed under the wing from a spaceport in the Mojave Desert (California) took place at 13:38 US Pacific Coast time (00:38 Moscow time).

Earlier it was reported that satellites launched by the Falcon 9 rocket, including the Ukrainian spacecraft Sich-2-30, began deployment in Earth orbit.