<p>North Korea's latest attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit ended in a mid-air explosion hours after the launch, Pyongyang announced on Monday.</p> <p>The attempt came just hours after Pyongyang issued a warning that it would try to launch a satellite by June 4. North Korea had fired the projectile on a southern path off its west coast at around 10:44 pm (local time), AFP reported.</p> <p>"The launch of the new satellite carrier rocket failed when it exploded in mid-air during the flight of the first stage," the deputy director general of North Korea's National Aerospace Technology Administration said in a report quoted by news agency Reuters.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a href="https://ift.tt/r0KklRt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Korean Missile Landed In Ukraine's Kharkiv, Says UN</a></strong></p> <p>The report also said that an initial analysis suggested that the cause was a newly developed liquid fuel rocket motor, but other possible causes were being investigated.</p> <p>Launching a spy satellite into orbit has been a priority for Kim Jong Un's government. North Korea claimed to have succeeded in a launch in November 2023 after two failed attempts last year.</p> <p>It announced earlier today that it was planning to put another satellite into orbit, prompting criticism from both South Korea and Japan.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a href="https://ift.tt/xy5r7GL" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Korea's Kim Jong Un, Chinese Top Legislator Celebrate 'New Chapter' In Bilateral Ties During High-Level Engagement</a></strong></p> <p>North Korea's failed attempts last year included one in May which happened due to the "abnormal" startup of its second-stage engine and the second in August which occurred due to an error in the "emergency blasting system".</p> <p>The latest launch came hours after China, South Korea and Japan completed a rare three-way summit in Seoul.</p> <p>South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had called on North Korea to not go ahead with the launch.</p> <div class="wsw"> <p>North Korea has said that it needs a military reconnaissance satellite to boost monitoring of the US and South Korean military activities.</p> </div>
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