North Korean media shared photos on Thursday of the country's failed attempt to put its first spy satellite into space the prior day. North Korean media shared photos on Thursday of the country's failed attempt to put its first spy satellite into space the prior day. North Korea said the rocket lost thrust after a stage separation and crashed in waters off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast. U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials are closely monitoring North Korea over possible launch preparations but it wasn’t immediately clear whether the North would attempt another launch within the stated June 11 launch window. The two Earth-observation satellites it placed in orbit in 2012 and 2016 never transmitted imagery back to North Korea, foreign experts say.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 01, 2023 06:09 UTC