South Korea Deploys Second Homegrown Spy Satellite From US
- Satellite launched aboard SpaceX rocket from Florida
- North Korea readies its launch facility for a rocket
South Korea deployed its second domestically made spy satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the US, enabling it to keep closer tabs on threats from the likes of nuclear-armed North Korea.
The satellite was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday and it was placed into orbit about an hour later. It is a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite, meaning it can use radar waves to produce ultra-high resolution images of objects on the ground, regardless of cloud cover or weather.