South Korea continues its operations to recover the remains of the satellite launched by North Korea

June 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The South Korean authorities have reported this Thursday that they are continuing with the operations to recover the remains of the satellite launched by North Korea earlier this week and which fell into the sea due to a technical failure.

The South Korean Defense Minister, Lee Jong Sup, has indicated before Parliament that the navy is trying to recover 15 meters of material belonging to the North Korean military satellite and that it could be found at a depth of 75 meters under the Yellow Sea.

Thus, he has indicated that the recovery of the artifact could take another two days after Pyongyang claimed to have launched a satellite with a missile on Wednesday morning. “We are trying to find what is left of him,” Lee said, according to information from the Yonhap news agency.

The Army has released a series of images with some parts of the satellite already identified and has noted that recovery operations have encountered poor weather conditions and low visibility.

In addition, he has ventured that the technology to build the satellite is the same as that used for North Korea’s ICBMs. “The same principles apply to the launch of this rocket and those that carry nuclear warheads,” he explained before clarifying that the launch was carried out from a new facility located on the west coast of the Asian country.