![]() ![]() The day the launch failed, North Korea’s state media said the rocket lost thrust following the separation of its first and second stages, then crashed into the sea. North Korea didn’t immediately respond to the South Korean announcement. experts who jointly examined them concluded the satellite wasn’t capable of conducting military reconnaissance works at all, the statement said. “Numerous” and “key” parts of the rocket and the satellite were recovered and the South Korean and U.S. South Korea mobilized navy ships, aircraft and divers to recover debris from the rocket and satellite in a 36-day operation that ended Wednesday, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The satellite was to be part of a space-based reconnaissance system North Korea says it needs to counter escalating security threats from South Korea and the United States. North Korea had tried to launch its first spy satellite in late May, but the long-range rocket carrying it plunged into the waters off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast soon after liftoff. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The satellite North Korea failed to put into orbit wasn’t advanced enough to conduct military reconnaissance from space as it claimed, South Korea’s military said Wednesday after retrieving and studying the wreckage. ![]()
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