South Korea has managed to put into orbit Your fourth spy satellitethe Ministry of Defense reported on Tuesday, in the midst of the country’s career for strengthening its independent surveillance capabilities on North Korea.
The satellite was released from a space base in Cabo Cañaveral (United States) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket From the Spacex company at 8:48 p.m. local time on Monday (00:48 GMT) and entered orbit at 21:03 (01:03 GMT), 15 minutes after takeoff, according to the Ministry.
“We plan to confirm whether the satellite works correctly through communication with a land station,” said the South Korean ministry in a comment collected by the Yonhap news agency.
This is the fourth military satellite launched within the framework of the South Korean plan to, in the face of this year, have formed an independent network composed of five spy satelliteswith a view to improving its surveillance over North Korea.
Until now, South Korea has depended largely on the satellite images provided by the United States.
Your first satellite
South Korea He launched his first military satellite in December 2023 From a base in California and in April 2024 he managed to put the second in orbit, which took off from the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida.
The third apparatus, a national manufacturing recognition satellite, was launched in December 2024 aboard the Spacex Falcon 9 rocket, which took off at 20:34 local time (11:34 GMT) from the base of the Vandenberg space force, in California.
North Korea has also intensified its efforts to acquire recognition capabilities from space.
Piongyang successfully launched its first spy satellite Military, Malligyong-1, in November 2023.
