North Korea says its second attempt to launch a spy satellite failed but is vowing to make a third attempt in October.
A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's rocket launch with file image during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. North Korea said Thursday that its second attempt to launch a spy satellite failed but vowed to make a third attempt in October.
The National Aerospace Development Administration said it would make a third launch attempt in October after studying what went wrong with Thursday’s launch. The agency added that “the cause of the relevant accident is not a big issue in terms of the reliability of cascade engines and the system.” South Korea’s military said it also determined the North's launch failed. It said the launch of the rocket still violated U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban any launches by North Korea using ballistic technologies.
In its first launch attempt, a North Korean rocket carrying a spy satellite plunged into the sea soon after liftoff. Like it did on Thursday, North Korea quickly acknowledged the failure of the launch as well, saying the crash happened because the Chollima-1 rocket lost thrust between launch stages. “NADA appears to still be under time pressures to succeed with a space launch given the commitment to an October launch,” Panda said."That may be enough time for a new iteration. There’s no reason to think we won’t see another launch attempt in that time frame.”
South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers last week it spotted signs that North Korean is preparing for the test-flights of intercontinental ballistic missiles and other provocative weapons. On Monday, KCNA said Kim had observed the test firings of strategic cruise missiles.
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