U.S. company SpaceX launched South Korea’s first exclusively military-use satellite into orbit on Monday, fulfilling a plan that North Korea has frequently criticized as “destroying peace” on the peninsula.
The ANASIS-II communications satellite was launched on a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida around 5:30 p.m. local time, according to a press release from the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
U.S. company SpaceX launched South Korea’s first exclusively military-use satellite into orbit on Monday, fulfilling a plan that North Korea has frequently criticized as “destroying peace” on the peninsula.
The ANASIS-II communications satellite was launched on a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida around 5:30 p.m. local time, according to a press release from the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
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