North Korea says spy satellite launch successful

SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the United States led its allies in condemning the launch as a ‘brazen violation’ of UN sanctions.

A rocket carrying the satellite blasted off Tuesday night from North Phyongan province and ‘accurately put the reconnaissance satellite ‘Malligyong-1’ on its orbit’, state-run news agency KCNA reported.

Images in state media showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiling and waving, surrounded by white-uniformed scientists and engineers who cheered and clapped after watching the successful blastoff.

The United States led condemnation of the launch, saying it was a ‘brazen violation’ of UN sanctions, while South Korea responded by partially suspending a 2018 military deal with the North, saying it would resume surveillance operations along their border.

Japan said that Pyongyang’s claims of success could not immediately be independently verified…”

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