<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Korea">North Korea</a> successfully <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_first_orbital_launches_by_country" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Timeline of first orbital launches by country">launches its first satellite</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3_Unit_2" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2">Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2</a>.<sup about="#mwt153" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_12#cite_note-28" id="mw8A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw8Q">[28]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"><cite about="#mwt150" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFRivieraJoohee_ChoAkiko_Fujita2012">Riviera, Gloria; Joohee Cho; Akiko Fujita (12 December 2012). <a class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-launches-long-range-missile/story?id=17939423" id="mwBsI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"US Calls North Korea Rocket Launch a 'Provocative Act'<span class="cs1-kern-right" id="mwBsM"></span>"</a>. <i id="mwBsQ">ABC News</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBsU">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBsY">13 December</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt150" class="Z3988" id="mwBsc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=ABC+News&amp;rft.atitle=US+Calls+North+Korea+Rocket+Launch+a+%27Provocative+Act%27&amp;rft.date=2012-12-12&amp;rft.aulast=Riviera&amp;rft.aufirst=Gloria&amp;rft.au=Joohee+Cho&amp;rft.au=Akiko+Fujita&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FInternational%2Fnorth-korea-launches-long-range-missile%2Fstory%3Fid%3D17939423&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+12"></span></span>