Iran is set to launch a satellite aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on Friday, as part of a multi-satellite mission from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that the Aerospace Forces launched the Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.

Russia's Soyuz-2.1a rocket, named the Victory Rocket in honor of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, was launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, the Russian Space Corporation (Roscosmos) said.

A trio of secretive Russian satellites launched earlier this year has reportedly released an unidentified object into orbit, attracting the attention of space trackers and analysts.

In the early hours of Tuesday, Russia's Soyuz rocket successfully launched two Iranian satellites into orbit, marking a significant milestone in the growing space cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.

Gas transit through the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) continues only through the Sudzha gas metering station (GMS), News.Az reports citing Neftegaz.Ru News Agency.