N. Korea says it successfully placed spy satellite into orbit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C), with his hair showing white streaks, celebrates after a new type of Chollima-1 rocket carrying a reconnaissance satellite called the Malligyong-1 lifted off from the Sohae satellite launch site in Tongchang-ri in northwestern North Korea at 10:42 p.m. on Nov. 21, 2023, in this photo released the next day by the North's official Korean Central News Agency. North Korea said it has successfully placed the spy satellite into orbit and will launch several more satellites "in a short span of time" to secure its reconnaissance capabilities against South Korea. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution)

 

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