Russian State Corporation Roscosmos said in a statement that the Soyuz-5 medium-class launch vehicle was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 9 pm Moscow time (1800GMT), Anadolu Agency reported.

"Today, a special launch took place – this is the first launch of the new Russian Soyuz-5 rocket with the most powerful liquid-propellant rocket engine in the world," the Roscosmos press service said in a statement.

The operation of the rocket will significantly reduce the specific cost of the payload being launched. This will have a positive effect on the economics of spacecraft launches, it added.

The Soyuz's delivery of its payload to a suborbital trajectory took 9.5 minutes, Roscosmos noted.

In a separate statement, the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan stated that the successful first launch of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle under the joint Kazakhstan-Russia Baiterek project is "a new era for Kazakh cosmonautics, as well as for eco-friendly launches."

The Baiterek complex and the Soyuz-5/Sunkar rocket embody the future of eco-friendly cosmonautics using non-toxic fuel such as kerosene and liquid oxygen, opening new prospects for the development of science and strengthening the country's industrial potential, the ministry said.