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South Korea has sent a second military reconnaissance satellite into space to improve its ability to monitor neighbouring North Korea. A Falcon 9 rocket from the private space company SpaceX with the South Korean satellite on board lifted off from NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Centre in the US state of Florida on Sunday evening. The launch was successful and the satellite reached its target orbit, the Defence Ministry in Seoul said. The rocket also transported other spacecraft in addition to the South Korean satellite. The first military reconnaissance satellite was put into orbit in December, …

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