Much trumpeted launch confirmed to have failed after South Korea reported the rocket disappeared from radar early.

RIP, but also I don't really get calling it a spy satelite as they announced they were putting it up there

North Korea’s attempt to launch its first military spy satellite has ended in failure after the rocket “crashed into the sea” and Seoul recovered some of the debris, state media said.

The launch, on the first day of a 12-day window it had announced to put the satellite into orbit, took place early on Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced.

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  • blobjim [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    A satellite launch by North Korea is a breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions that ban the country from using ballistic missile technology.

    Not even "allowed" to launch satellites. White supremacists are such a joke.

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the satellite launch and urged Pyongyang to return to denuclearisation talks that have been stalled since 2019.

    🤡

    Officials from South Korea, Japan and the United States spoke on the phone and “strongly condemned” the launch, Japan’s foreign ministry said.

    :che-laugh: :che-laugh: :che-laugh: Gonna cry about it? :che-laugh: :che-laugh: :che-laugh:

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      A satellite launch by North Korea is a breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions that ban the country from using ballistic missile technology.

      More and more the UN is beginning to read like a fictional organization dreamt up by the onion