Upper-Stage Anomaly Foils North Korea Spy Satellite Launch

Steve Trimble August 24, 2023
North Korean Collima-1 rocket

A Collima-1 rocket launching from North Korea's Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in May 2023.

Credit: KCNA
A second North Korean attempt to launch a spy satellite failed on Aug. 23, but the country’s space agency reaffirmed plans to try again in October, a state-run news agency says. The first and second stages of the Collima-1 rocket performed normally, but the “emergency blasting system” malfunctioned...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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