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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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DPRK plans satellite launch in December
North Korea’s state news agency said Saturday that the country plans to launch a satellite later in the month. The launch will be the second the country has attempted this year. The last, in April, ended in failure when the rocket failed to make it to orbit. Confirmation comes after several days of speculation the…
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Satellite images show changes at Sohae-ri rocket launch facility
Both of the major private satellite imagery providers, GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, have captured images of the North Korean satellite launch facility in the last month and both images show changes from earlier this year. Earlier this year, satellite images from the companies were one of the first indications that North Korea was preparing for a…
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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…
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Many more satellite launches coming, says DPRK
North Korea’s failed satellite launch may have faded from the pages of the world’s media, but the country’s state-run news agency hasn’t forgotten the international community’s objections to the plan. A commentary published on Thursday by Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) rehashes North Korea’s argument that the launch was part of a peaceful, civilian space…
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DPRK promises more satellite launches
North Korea says it will continue to conduct satellite launches despite the protests of other countries. The pledge was made in a statement by the country’s foreign ministry, which was carried by the Korea Central News Agency and Voice of Korea radio (below) and doesn’t come as a surprise. The statement reiterates North Korea’s assertion that…
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Voice of Korea on launch failure
Voice of Korea, the DPRK’s international radio service, broadcast news of the failure to place the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite into orbit. Below is a recording of the radio station’s English-language broadcast for Friday. Voice of Korea typically updates its programming once a day, so is almost always beaten to the news by domestic media outlets. i’m…
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Located: North Korea’s satellite command center
After North Korea invited international media to its satellite control center it was only a matter of time before it was located on satellite images. The building, distinctive for two round domes (possible radar domes) on the rooftop at each end (see below), made it fairly easy to spot. And that’s what’s happened. Most of…
