North Korea’s attempt to send a military spy satellite into orbit has ended in failure for a second time.
The launch took place in the early hours of Thursday morning, the first day of a week-long launch window, but failed because of a problem with the third stage of the rocket carrying the satellite, North Korea said.
It said it would try again in October.
“The flights of the first and second stages of the rocket were normal, but the launch failed due to an error in the emergency blasting system during the third-stage flight,” state-run KCNA said of Thursday’s attempt.
South Korea’s military said it detected the launch from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station at about 3:50 am local time (18:50 GMT on Wednesday) and tracked the rocket as it “traversed international airspace” over the Yellow Sea.
About 10 minutes later, residents of Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa received emergency warnings advising them to take cover indoors. The emergency warning was lifted after about 20 minutes.
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