North Korea on Thursday launched a space vehicle carrying its first military reconnaissance satellite, but failed to put it into orbit.
North Korea said it would try to launch the satellite again in October.
North Korea’s new Chollima-1 rocket, launched at 3:50 a.m. local time from its space launch station in Tongchang-ri, near its northwestern border with China, flew south over the sea between Korea and China.
The launch triggered an emergency warning in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, where residents were asked to take cover.
North Korea later said its launch had failed because the “emergency blasting system” of the rocket’s third stage malfunctioned.
Persons:
Kim Jong, Japan
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Korea, North Korea, Tongchang, China, Japan, Okinawa, Japan, Philippines