North Korea’s launch of its first military spy satellite ended in failure on Wednesday morning, but experts say the loss of the asset was far from catastrophic and that Pyongyang could soon be back on track to realizing its vision of a network of reconnaissance satellites.

Korean Central News Agency reported that the “Chollima-1” rocket carrying down the new “Malligyong-1” satellite fell into the Yellow Sea due to the “abnormal starting of the second-stage engine” following the separation between the first and second stages.

Pyongyang’s account followed South Korean and Japanese reports on