North Relaunches Satellite After 85 Days... JCS: "Passes West of Ieodo"

North Korea relaunched a military reconnaissance satellite after 85 days. A North Korean space launch vehicle, presumed to be carrying a military reconnaissance satellite, passed over international waters west of Ieodo.

[Image source=Yonhap News]

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on the 24th, "Our military detected one 'North Korean claimed space launch vehicle' launched from the Dongchang-ri area in Pyonganbuk-do, North Korea, heading southward and passing over international waters west of Ieodo at around 3:50 a.m. today (24th)."

This marks 85 days since North Korea last attempted to launch a military reconnaissance satellite, when it launched the space launch vehicle 'Chollima-1' carrying the reconnaissance satellite 'Malligyong-1' on May 31, which failed.

Earlier, on the 22nd, North Korea notified Japan that it would launch an artificial satellite between midnight on the 24th and midnight on the 31st. The three maritime danger zones set by North Korea at that time were two areas in the Yellow Sea southwest of North Korea and one area in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, all outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). These zones are similar to the orbit where North Korea launched its military reconnaissance satellite in May.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.