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Exclusive: Launch unlikely until December 21; weather challenges ahead
A NorthKoreaTech/38 North exclusive, with contributions by Nick Hansen and Michelle Kae New GeoEye satellite imagery from December 10 shows activity at North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Station (Tongchang-ri) related to the removal of the Unha rocket from the launch pad, a process that is probably still underway and will not be completed before December…
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Just In: Monday Satellite Image of Sohae
The latest satellite imagery of North Korea’s Sohae-ri Launch Facility is in from GeoEye and adds weight to possibility that weather is causing problems at the launch pad. The image, taken earlier Monday, shows a blanket of snow covering most of the launch facility. Visible in some areas are vehicle tire tracks, indicating some movement,…
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DPRK extends satellite launch window
North Korea has extended the launch window for its Unha rocket, a day after saying they were looking to “readjust the launch timing.” The rocket was originally scheduled to launch sometime in a two week window from December 10 and 22nd. The DPRK’s Korean Committee for Space Technology now say the launch window will run an…
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DPRK’s satellite launch might be delayed
A week after North Korea signaled the world that it planned to attempt a second rocket launch this year, the country has signaled it may delay that launch. The news came in a statement from the Korean Committee of Space Technology that was carried on Sunday by the state-run Korea Central News Agency, As announced, we are…
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Image analysis: DPRK rocket staging proceeding more slowly than reported
A joint NorthKoreaTech/38 North exclusive, with analysis by Nick Hansen. Summary North Korean preparations for a new rocket launch later this month appear to be proceeding more slowly than previously reported in the press according to analysis of commercial satellite imagery from December 4 and past DPRK test practices. Moreover, since this is Pyongyang’s first…
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Latest images: Snow comes to Sohae launch facility
It’s sadly not possible to get a live look at North Korea’s Sohae launch facility, but we do have the next best thing: a satellite image from earlier today. The image was taken by a GeoEye satellite at 11:34am local time (0234 GMT) and shows dustings of snow across much of the launch facility. (As…
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Exclusive: More on DPRK rocket trajectory and launch plans
We’ve got more details on North Korea’s plans to launch a rocket later in December, including the daily launch window and where parts of the rocket might drop to sea. [Updated: See below] The details were included in a notification sent from the DPRK’s embassy in London to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is…
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North Korea launches radio program targeted at South
North Korea launched a new radio broadcast targeted at South Korea on Saturday morning. The two-hour long “Echo of Unification” broadcast is expected to be broadcast three times a day and will go out over some transmitters that usually carry state radio programs. Details of the broadcast were first made public on the Uriminzokkiri website,…
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Retweeting DPRK lands activist with suspended sentance
Park Jung-geun, a Seoul-based photographer and free-speech activist, has received a 10-month suspended prison sentence for retweeting North Korean tweets. The case, one of several that has drawn international attention to South Korean Internet censorship, has been going on for the better part of a year and was being closely watched for its interpretation of how South Korea’s…
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Report: DPRK jams South Korean satellite comms
North Korea earlier this year jammed military communications running through a South Korea satellite, according to a report in the Joong Ang Ilbo. The newspaper, which quoted an anonymous South Korean military official, said a powerful signal sent from a location near Pyongyang caused interference to military communications on the Koreasat 5 satellite in March this…
