The first launch of North Korea’s Malligyong-1 intelligence satellite ended in failure, but North Korea has promised to execute a second launch in the near future.

North Korea’s state media reported that the first launch of a reconnaissance satellite failed, and the launch vehicle fell into the sea.

The launch was recorded around 06:29 am from the Tongchang County area in the western North Pyongan Province. The satellite was heading in a southerly direction.

It is reported that the Chollima-1 launch vehicle failed due to engine and fuel system instability. Officials are already working to check the “serious” defects that caused the malfunction.

After falling, parts of the rocket ended up in the water west of South Korea.

This is North Korea’s first attempt to put a satellite into orbit since February 2016.

Before the launch, a North Korean official announced that the military intelligence satellite was to monitor “dangerous military actions” by the US and South Korea.

The US called this launch a “brazen violation” of UN resolutions, which “increases tensions and creates the risk of destabilizing the security situation in the region and beyond.”

It was emphasized that the launch “included technologies directly related to the intercontinental ballistic missile program of the DPRK.”