A Proton-M rocket carrying the scientific interplanet station ExoMars was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 14, an Interfax-AVN correspondent has reported.

The launch took place at 12:23 p.m. Moscow time.

ExoMars 2016 is an astrobiology mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).