SKorea: NKorean satellite did not reach orbit

SKorea: NKorean satellite did not reach orbit

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's presidential office says North Korea's satellite did not reach orbit as the communist nation claims.

North Korea earlier claimed success in launching a communication satellite into space. State-run media said Sunday that the satellite was already transmitting data and patriotic odes to leader Kim Jong Il and national founder Kim Il Sung.

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Four hours after the launch, North Korea declared it a success. An experimental communications satellite reached outer space in just over nine minutes and is orbiting Earth, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said from Pyongyang.

"The satellite is transmitting the melodies of the immortal revolutionary paeans 'Song of Gen. Kim Il Sung' and 'Song of Gen. Kim Jong Il' as well as measurement data back to Earth," it said, referring to the country's late founder and his son, its current leader.

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