BLAST OFF This video grab taken and released by Roscosmos on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022 shows the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Khayyam satellite blasting off from a launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. AFP PHOTO
ALMATY, Kazakhstan: An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan on Tuesday and went into orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine.