South Korea successfully launches its second spy satellite
South Korea successfully launched its second military spy satellite, on a Falcon 9 rocket. Of the company “SpaceX” American, from an American space center in Florida.
The South Korean Ministry of Defense stated – in a statement – that “the Falcon 9 rocket was launched at 7:17 p.m. 7 April (local time), or 8:17 a.m. on April 8 (Korean time), from the Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, where it was sent into orbit about 45 minutes after launch, according to the agency. South Korean news, Yonhap, today, Monday.
The ministry explained that the second satellite attempted to contact an external ground station at 9:11 a.m., after 54 minutes had passed. From the launch, however, communication did not occur normally, but in the second attempt, the satellite succeeded in communicating with an external ground station at 10:57 am.
She indicated that The independent surveillance and reconnaissance capability of the South Korean military has been enhanced with the launch of a satellite equipped with synthetic aperture radar sensors, and preparations for upcoming satellite launches will continue.
The launch comes in At a time when North Korea is also making its own efforts; To obtain space reconnaissance capabilities.
Pyongyang successfully launched the first military spy satellite named “Mallejeong-1”. Last November, it pledged to launch 3 more spy satellites this year.
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