Satellite launches

The satellite is already performing its own initial checks to make sure it is functioning properly and simultaneously sending initial images.

North Korea also vowed it will continue to develop its nuclear capability and strengthen solidarity with other countries that oppose what it called the "US strategy for world supremacy."

The satellite was launched into orbit on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is the latest satellite that ImageSat has sent into space.

Nate Evans, the spokesperson for the US mission to the United Nations, said the United States had called for an open meeting on the launch, which means the proceedings would be streamed live.

It may take weeks or more to resolve the problems that caused the rocket's failure, a South Korean lawmaker said on Wednesday, citing the South's intelligence agency.

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

The Ofek 13 is the newest Israeli reconnaissance satellite to be launched, after the Ofek 16 was launched in the summer of 2020.

Last year marked the toughest period for space startups since the economic crisis in 2008.

The apparent failure deals a further blow to European space ambitions after an Italian-built Vega-C rocket mission failed after lift-off from French Guiana in late December.

This is the first optical ground station in Israel and one of very few worldwide that can lock onto, track and collect data from a nanosatellite.