North Korea announced on Thursday that its second attempt in three months to put a reconnaissance satellite into orbit had failed and promised a new test in October, AFP reported.

According to North Korea’s ACTC news agency, this “second launch of the Malligyong-1 reconnaissance satellite aboard a new-type Chollima-1 launch vehicle” took place on the morning of August 24 in Sohae, North Pyongan Province.

“The first and second phases of the rocket’s flight passed normally, but the launch failed due to an error in the emergency launch system during the third stage of the flight,” the ACTC said.

According to the agency, “the cause of the accident is not a serious problem” and Pyongyang will conduct a third launch in October after taking corrective measures.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida first announced on the X platform (formerly Twitter) that Pyongyang had launched a “suspected ballistic missile” that had entered Japanese airspace near the Okinawa archipelago.

According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the craft was launched at around 03:50 (18:50 GMT Wednesday) to the south and “crossed international airspace” over the Yellow Sea.