SEOUL: North Korea said on Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the United States led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of United Nations sanctions.

A rocket carrying the satellite blasted off on Tuesday night from North Phyongan province and "accurately put the reconnaissance satellite 'Malligyong-1' on its orbit," state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

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