Russia launched a Soyuz rocket early on Tuesday carrying two satellites designed to monitor the space weather around Earth and 53 small satellites, including two Iranian ones, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said.

A Russian rocket has blasted off successfully to carry a pair of Iranian satellites into orbit, a launch that reflected growing cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.

Russia launches a Soyuz rocket into space carrying dozens of satellites, including two from Iran:::: Vosctochny, Russia:: RoscosmosThe Soyuz-2.1 launch spacecraft, which lifted off from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome,

Russia has launched two Iranian-made satellites into orbit using a Russian rocket carrier, continuing the trend of cooperation between the two countries in the space sector, reports the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Russia launched 55 satellites into orbit on Tuesday, including two privately built Iranian devices, in a demonstration of deepening cooperation between Moscow and Tehran. A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Far East at 2:18 a.