This is the moment the Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launch a space rocket from a snow-covered Cosmodrome for the first time this year.The launch took place just before midnight at the Russian spaceport of Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the town of Mirny located in the federal Russian state of Sakha yesterday (2 February).The rocket was launched by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and controlled by a crew from the Russian Forces, which are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, according to a statement by the ministry.They launched a Soyuz-2.1B rocket which was controlled by a group monitoring the launch from the ground(Russian Defense Ministry/Newsflash)