South Korea's Military Spy Satellite Ignites Space Race with Pyongyang

South Korea has launched its first military spy satellite, carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, intensifying the space race with North Korea. The satellite successfully reached orbit and will enhance South Korea's reconnaissance capacity to monitor North Korea. Seoul plans to launch four more spy satellites by 2025. The satellite, capable of detecting objects as small as 30cm, ranks among the top five globally in terms of resolution and Earth observation. This launch comes after North Korea successfully launched its own spy satellite, which could improve its intelligence-gathering capabilities.