- Kim Jong Un expressed concern after North Korea’s second effort to send a spy satellite.
- The space agency of South Korea intends to make a third try in October.
- Kim Jong Un has declared he wants to launch a spy satellite into orbit to monitor the US military stationed in the area.
President Kim Jong Un expressed concern after North Korea’s second effort to send a spy satellite into orbit failed. Parts of the rocket looked to have crashed down around 600 kilometers east of the Philippines immediately after the rocket failed shortly after takeoff.
The space agency of South Korea intends to make a third try in October and will look into the causes of the failure. Two straight failures, though, would point to issues with the space rocket that might take more time to resolve. The military of South Korea intends to send out a salvage operation to collect the rocket’s debris.
A spy satellite
The most recent launch fell in line with US and South Korean joint military exercises that are ongoing through the end of this month. Pyongyang warned to take revenge against the drills it views as an invasion warm-up.
Although Kim may consider this second failure to be embarrassing in the long run, his nation is making continuous advancements in the fields of nuclear and missile technology.
Kim Jong Un, the leader, has declared he wants to launch a spy satellite into orbit to monitor the US military stationed in the area.
As Pyongyang develops new missiles intended to deliver nuclear attacks in South Korea and Japan, which are home to the majority of American military personnel in the region, it may use such a satellite to improve its targeting capabilities, even though Seoul officials believe it would be at most primitive.
There has been opposition from Japan, South Korea, and the US, according to the US National Security Council, who claims it violates multiple UN Security Council resolutions, raises tensions, and threatens to destabilize the region.
