South Korea Salvaging Suspected Wreckage of North Korea’s Crashed Spy Satellite

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration after recent satellite system tests, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by state media on March 10, 2022. KCNA via Reuters

South Korea conducted a salvage operation on Wednesday to recover an object presumed to be the wreckage of a North Korean military spy satellite that had crashed into the sea due to rocket malfunction.

North Korea launched its military reconnaissance satellite using the newly developed “Chollima-1” rocket at around 6.27 a.m. local time on Wednesday at the North’s Sohae Satellite Launching Ground.