North Korea Fails to Launch Military Spy Satellite

North Korea confirmed that its effort to launch a military spy satellite into orbit failed, and said it would try again soon, drawing condemnation from the US, Japan and South Korea. 

A rocket launched on Wednesday crashed into the Yellow Sea after losing propulsion in the second stage of the ascent, according to the Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang. Authorities will analyze the cause of the accident and launch another rocket “as soon as possible,” it added. 

Separately, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military was retrieving an object from the sea that they suspected was the North Korean projectile.

The launch comes days after leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea planned to put a reconnaissance satellite into orbit, sparking condemnation from Japan and South Korea. Both countries and their mutual ally, the US, had said that any launch using ballistic missile technology would be a breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions, and they urged North Korea to abandon the plan.

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