Time is rapidly running out for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to realize his goal of placing three more military spy satellites into orbit this year, with less than two months remaining and not a single successful launch.

Yet despite the likely failure to realize one of Kim’s top goals for 2024, available evidence suggests the North is pushing its space program forward and that the DPRK leader has accepted major delays as a natural part of the process, possibly due to integrating Russian help.

It’s likely that Kim will address the failed