The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced that the Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress-MS-28 cargo capsule was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 06:20 GMT. The spacecraft, carrying a 2.6-ton load including fuel, drinking water, food, nitrogen, and various equipment for the crew and scientific experiments, is expected to arrive at the International Space Station on August 17.