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S.Korea retrieves N.Korean spy satellite wreckage

S.Korea retrieves N.Korean spy satellite wreckage

Seoul, July 5, South Korea has retrieved a North Korean spy satellite wreckage and concluded it has "no military utility", ending a 36-day operation to salvage the sunken debris from the failed space rocket launch in late May, Seoul's military said on Wednesday. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that the military raised key parts of the rocket and the satellite through the search and salvage operation in the Yellow Sea from May 31 through Wednesday, and it worked in tandem with the US to examine and analyse them, reports Yonhap News Agency. "As a result of the exhaustive…
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