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[i]North Korea failed to send a satellite into space, South Korea and the United States said Sunday, declaring no object entered orbit. North Korea said earlier in the day that it has succeeded in orbiting a communications satellite after launching a rocket from a launch pad on its east coast. South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee disputed the claim, telling a National Assembly hearing that the three-stage rocket failed to put anything in orbit.[/i]
[b]NORAD and USNORTHCOM monitor North Korean launch[/b] North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command officials acknowledged today that North Korea launched a Taepo Dong 2 missile at 10:30 p.m. EDT Saturday which passed over the Sea of Japan/East Sea and the nation of Japan. Stage one of the missile fell into the Sea of Japan/East Sea. The remaining stages along with the payload itself landed in the Pacific Ocean. No object entered orbit and no debris fell on Japan. NORAD and USNORTHCOM assessed the space launch vehicle as not a threat to North America or Hawaii and took no action in response to this launch. This is all of the information that will be provided by NORAD and USNORTHCOM pertaining to the launch.
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