North Korea Loses Spy Satellite After Launch Failure

North Korean spy satellite launch attempt

A North Korean rocket on the launchpad ready to loft a spy satellite.

Credit: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
SINGAPORE—North Korea’s ambition to put a second satellite into orbit ended in flames when its launch vehicle exploded shortly after liftoff on the night of May 27. The rocket's first stage suffered an explosion, according to state newswire KCNA. The report blamed a newly developed liquid oxygen...
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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