2023-05-31 04:01:00
North Korea launched a military spy satellite on Tuesday, triggering alarms in South Korea and Japan, but the device fell into the sea without reaching its target, Pyongyang state media reported on Wednesday.
“The launch of the new satellite transport rocket ‘Chollima-1’ crashed into the West (Yellow) Sea after losing thrust due to irregular starting of the two-stage engine,” confirmed the official KCNA news agency.
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Prior to Pyongyang’s announcement, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated that its military was looking into the launch after the device disappeared from its radars.
“The (North Korean) projectile disappeared from the radar before reaching the intended arrival point,” the agency told South Korean news agency Yonhap.
North Korea’s National Aerospace Development Administration attributed the launch failure to “the poor reliability and stability of the new engine system applied to the Chollima-1 and the unstable nature of the fuel used”.
It said it would fully investigate the “serious flaws” revealed in the satellite’s launch and would try again “as soon as possible”.
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