{"id":86059,"date":"2023-05-31T01:11:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T01:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/31\/north-korea-says-attempt-to-launch-first-spy-satellite-ends-in-failure\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:39:54","slug":"north-korea-says-attempt-to-launch-first-spy-satellite-ends-in-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/05\/31\/north-korea-says-attempt-to-launch-first-spy-satellite-ends-in-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea says attempt to launch first spy satellite ends in failure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korea said its attempt to put the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2023\/05\/30\/images-show-north-koreas-launch-pad-as-it-prepares-its-spy-satellite\/\" target=\"_blank\">country\u2019s first spy satellite<\/a> into orbit failed Wednesday, an apparent embarrassment to leader Kim Jong Un over his push to boost his military capability in the protracted security tensions with the United States and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement published in state media said the rocket carrying the satellite crashed into waters off the Korean Peninsula\u2019s western coast after it lost thrust following the separation of its first and second stages. It said scientists were examining the cause of the failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/05\/30\/images-show-north-koreas-launch-pad-as-it-prepares-its-spy-satellite\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23150541374296.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Images show North Korea\u2019s launch pad as it prepares its spy satellite<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Satellite images taken Tuesday analyzed by The Associated Press showed activity at a main pad at North Korea&#039;s Sohae Satellite Launching Station.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rocket was launched about 6:30 a.m. from the northwestern Tongchang-ri area, where North Korea\u2019s main space launch center is located, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s military said the rocket had \u201can abnormal flight\u201d before it fell in the waters. It also said it bolstered its military readiness in close coordination with the United States. Japan\u2019s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters that no object was believed to have reached space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Korean launch had prompted brief evacuation orders in South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South\u2019s capital city of Seoul issued alerts over public speakers and cellphone text messages telling residents to prepare for evacuation. But there were no reports of damages or major disruption and Seoul later lifted the alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Japanese government activated a missile warning system for its Okinawa prefecture in southwestern Japan, believed to be in the path of the rocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlease evacuate into buildings or underground,\u201d the alert said. Authorities later lifted the calls for evacuation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A top North Korean official had said Tuesday that the country needed a space-based reconnaissance system to counter escalating security threats from South Korea and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States strongly condemned North Korea for the launch, which used ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3333\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23150815073991.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a test of a rocket with the test satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Korea on Dec. 18, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-112896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23150815073991.jpg.jpg 5000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23150815073991.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23150815073991.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23150815073991.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23150815073991.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23150815073991.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5000px) 100vw, 5000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &#8211; This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a test of a rocket with the test satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Korea on Dec. 18, 2022. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden and his national security team were assessing the situation in coordination with U.S. allies and partners, National Security Council spokesperson Adam Hodge said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not clear if a North Korean spy satellite would significantly bolster its defenses. The satellite disclosed in the country\u2019s state-run media didn\u2019t appear to be sophisticated enough to produce high-resolution imagery. But some experts note that it is still likely capable of detecting troop movements and big targets, such as warships and warplanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent commercial satellite imagery of the North\u2019s main rocket launch center in the northwest showed active construction activities indicating that North Korea plans to launch more than one satellite, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in his statement Tuesday, Ri Pyong Chol, a close associate of leader Kim Jong Un, said the country it would be testing \u201cvarious reconnaissance means.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said those surveillance assets are tasked with \u201ctracking, monitoring, discriminating, controlling\u201d and responding, both in advance and real time, to moves by the United States and its allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With three to five spy satellites, North Korea could build a space-based surveillance system that allows it to monitor the Korean Peninsula in near real-time, according to Lee Choon Geun, an honorary research fellow at South Korea\u2019s Science and Technology Policy Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his visit to the country\u2019s aerospace agency earlier this month, Kim emphasized the strategic significance a spy satellite could have in North Korea\u2019s standoff with the United States and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The satellite is one several high-tech weapons systems that Kim has publicly vowed to introduce in recent years. Other weapons he has pledged to develop include a multi-warhead missile, a nuclear submarine, a solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile and a hypersonic missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denuclearization talks with the U.S. have been stalled since early 2019. In the meantime, Kim has focused on expanding his nuclear and missile arsenals in what experts say is an attempt to wrest concessions from Washington and Seoul. Since the beginning of 2022, North Korea has conducted more than 100 missile tests, many of them involving nuclear-capable weapons targeting the U.S. mainland, South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea says its testing activities are self-defense measures meant to respond to expanded military drills between Washington and Seoul that it views as invasion rehearsals. U.S. and South Korean officials say their drills are defensive and they\u2019ve bolstered them to cope with growing nuclear threats by North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.N. imposed economic sanctions on North Korea over its previous satellite launches, which it views as covers for testing its long-range missiles. China and Russia, permanent members of the U.N. council who are now locked in confrontations with the U.S., already blocked attempts to toughen sanctions over Pyongyang\u2019s recent ballistic missile tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Tuesday\u2019s launch, both South Korea and Japan said such a move would undermine regional peace. The South Korean Foreign Ministry warned that North Korea would face consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After repeated failures, North Korea successfully put its first satellite into orbit in 2012, and the second one in 2016. 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