KIEV, April 22 – The new Antares medium-class space rocket, built for delivering cargo to the International Space Station by U.S. Orbital Science Corp as a part of international cooperation with the participation of Ukraine, made its first launch from a commercial spaceport in the U.S. on Sunday.

The rocket blasted off from the Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, at midnight Kiev time, Interfax-Ukraine learnt at the public relations center of the Dnipropetrovsk-based Pivdenne Design Bureau.