Another spy satellite failure for North Korea as rocket crashes into sea

After the failure of its second satellite launch, North Korea said it would try again in October [Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]

North Korea’s attempt to send a military spy satellite into orbit has ended in failure for a second time.

The launch took place in the early hours of Thursday morning, the first day of a week-long launch window, but failed because of a problem with the third stage of the rocket carrying the satellite, North Korea said.