North Korea Spy Satellite Launch Fails, Parts Salvaged

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a satellite facility

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a satellite.

Credit: Korean Central News Agency
SINGAPORE—North Korea has announced that its launch of a satellite on the morning of May 31 failed following an “accident.” State media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) says the rocket, Chollima-1, crashed into the waters off the western coast of the Korean penninsula. The mission had intended to...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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