US, Japan and South Korea tighten monitoring of North’s missile launches; meanwhile South puts first commercial satellite in space on own rocket
, South Korea on Thursday said it successfully flew its domestically made space rocket, delivering a commercial-grade satellite into orbit.
President Yoon Suk Yeol said the launch placed South Korea among the top seven countries that have put domestically produced satellites into orbit with domestically built launch vehicles. South Korea’s homegrown Nuri rocket, carrying eight satellites, lifts off from Naro space centre in Goheung, South Jeolla province.Seoul also plans to launch military satellites, but has ruled out any weapons use for the Nuri.
Meanwhile, South Korea is reportedly to start sending hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds to Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, said Seoul had reached the “confidential arrangement” with Washington to transfer the shells to the US to be delivered to Ukraine.
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