North Korea Could Be About to Launch Its First Spy Satellite
- Kim Jong Un gives field guidance at center making satellite
- Space launch would be the state’s first in about seven years
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Leader Kim Jong Un visited a facility assembling North Korea’s first spy satellite, indicating the state could soon conduct its first space rocket launch in about seven years.
Kim was accompanied by his preteen daughter in the field guidance visit to inspect the “military reconnaissance satellite No. 1 which is ready for loading,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported Wednesday. The device is designed to monitor US forces and their allies in Asia.