North Korea: Spy satellite has been put into orbit
A North Korean spy satellite is now in orbit around Earth after a successful launch on Tuesday. This is written by the state news agency KCNA. South Korean military confirms the information, according to Reuters.
North Korea has twice previously tried, but failed, to put a satellite into orbit.
The North Korean satellite tests have been condemned by neighboring countries Japan and South Korea, among others.
"The launch of a reconnaissance satellite is to strengthen its self-defense is North Korea's legal right," writes KCNA.
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Expert: Russian help could "impossibly" have played a role
Since a meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin in Russia in September this year, there has been speculation whether Russia might support North Korea's efforts to develop its rockets and satellites in exchange for weapons.
However, experts say that such support, if any, would be behind the allegedly successful launch of a North Korean spy satellite on Tuesday.
"It is far too early for the North Koreans to have had time to integrate any support that Russia may have agreed to provide," writes Jeffery Lewis, a non-proliferation treaty expert at the University of Middelbury in a post on X.
Chang Young-keun, a professor at the Korea Aviation University, is on the same track, saying it would have been impossible for North Korea to incorporate new Russian technology into its satellites in just a few months.
- However, Russia may have contributed with analysis of the previous failures, he tells Al Jazeera.
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