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South Korea Launches Solid-Fuel Rocket Days After North's Missile Test
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0:47Now PlayingSouth Korea said it has conducted its first successful launch of a solid-fuel rocket, 6 days after North Korea carried out its first intercontinental ballistic missile test since 2017.
South Korea called it a major development in its push to acquire space surveillance capability as animosities with rival North Korea rise.
North Korea's missile test was an apparent attempt to enlarge its weapons arsenal and increase pressure on the Biden administration amid stalled talks.
The South Korean launch of a domestically built solid-propellant rocket happened at a state-run testing facility in South Korea on Wednesday with the presence of Defense Minister Suh Wook and other senior officials, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It said solid-fuel rockets have simpler structures and are cheaper to develop and manufacture than liquid-fuel rockets. It said solid-fuel rockets also reduce launch preparation time.
The statement said South Korea will soon launch a spy satellite into orbit aboard a solid-fuel rocket.
South Korea currently has no military reconnaissance satellite of its own and resorts to U.S. spy satellites to monitor strategic facilities in North Korea.
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