South Korea Launches Its First Spy Satellite After Rival North Korea Does the Same

usnews.com ^ | Dec. 1, 2023 | Associated Press |

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In this image from video provided by SpaceX, South Korea launches its first military spy satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, it was the first of five spy satellites South Korea plans to send into space by 2025 under a contract with SpaceX. The launch took place a little over a week after North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time as tensions rise between the rivals. (SpaceX via AP)Uncredited

South Korea’s Defense Ministry described the launch as successful, saying the satellite had a communication with an overseas ground station.

Radio Free Asia,..quoted Klinkel as saying that “Joint Force space operations could deny an adversary’s space and counterspace capabilities and services

After two launch failures earlier this year, North Korea said it successfully placed its Malligyong-1 spy satellite into orbit last week.

U.S. and South Korean officials confirmed the North Korean satellite entered orbit, but many outside experts question whether it can send militarily useful high-resolution imagery.

North Korea...said it would also launch additional ones.

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Why the delay?

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[The Louiswu]

I'm confused now, I've been told by reliable sources on the interweb that you cannot go into "space" or even earth orbit because those things just don't exist, further, you cannot reach past the firmament that surrounds our earth and that the earth is flat.

PS we didn't go to the moon and the sun is not really 91.4 million miles away but much much closer.

So what's going on here!? ....../s