North Korea launches military reconnaissance satellite, sparks backlash

North Korea said Wednesday that it launched a military reconnaissance satellite the previous day that entered orbit as planned, prompting Japan and the United States to condemn Pyongyang for violating U.N. Security Council resolutions.While North Korea's official media said the satellite launch was successful, Japan, which had urged Pyongyang not to conduct a launch using ballistic missile technology, said it had not confirmed whether the payload had entered space.The launch took place around 10:42 p.m. and the Malligyong-1 reconnaissance satellite was placed in orbit about 12 minutes later…READ FULL ARTICLE