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North Korea Claims Successful Launch, Orbiting Of Spy Satellite

North Korea launch

Footage of North Korea's Chollima-1 launch is broadcast in South Korea.

Credit: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
SINGAPORE—North Korea claims to have successfully orbited its Malligyong-1 spy satellite following the launch of a Chollima-1 rocket on the night of Nov. 21. According to state newswire KCNA, the rocket blasted off from Sohae Satellite Launching Ground at 10:42 p.m. local time before placing the...
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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