SEOUL, Apr 8 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea launched its second military spy satellite into orbit, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the defence ministry said today.
The Falcon 9 rocket carrying 11 satellites, including South Korea’s indigenous military reconnaissance satellite, lifted off at 8:16 a.m. local time today from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, a live footage from SpaceX showed.
The reconnaissance satellite was put into orbit about 45 minutes after the launch, the South Korean defence ministry noted.
South Korea planned to launch five military spy satellites by 2025, including the second one, equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors.
The first one fitted with electro-optical and infrared sensors was launched in Dec last year.– NNN-YONHAP
