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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…
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Launch failure special news broadcast
North Korean TV ran a special news broadcast informing the country that the launch of the Kwangmyongsong 3 had failed to reach. The broadcast came several hours after the launch. which passed by when national TV was still yet to begin programming. When it did begin daily broadcasts, the TV station opened as usual and…
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What North Korea’s launch might look like
Based on information submitted by the DPRK to international organizations prior to launch, the folks at Analytical Graphics have produced a good-looking computer simulation of what the Unha-3 launch might look like. The simulation lacks of the most recent theories on the precise launch path, such as a slight dog-leg turn in the trajectory of the…
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WPK Conference pictures
Launch of the Unha-3 rocket and Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite isn’t the only big thing happening in Pyongyang this week. As the city gears up to mark 100 years since the birth of national founder Kim Il Sung, the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea is holding its conference. During Wednesday’s session, the conference named Kim Jong Il the…
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Latest satellite images of Sohae launch facility
As the hours tick down towards North Korea’s planned launch of its Unha-3 rocket, DigitalGlobe has published fresh satellite images of the Sohae launch facility. The images include some taken on Monday, April 9, and show little has changed since reporters visited the site a day earlier. The images are reproduced below. There is an…
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More on the satellite launch trajectory
A lucky close-up of a computer screen in TV pictures from the Sohae launch facility is providing further clues as to the true launch trajectory of North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket launch. [This story has been updated, see below] The shot, included in pictures broadcast by Russia Today (see below), appears to show the satellite’s orbital…
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Where is North Korea’s satellite heading?
If all goes according to plan, North Korea will launch its Unha-3 rocket from the Sohae launch facility in just a day or two. The rocket is said to contain an earth observation satellite that will orbit the globe providing pictures and climatic data. Getting all the pieces to work as planned will be no…
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Sohae visit adds to launch, payload knowledge
It’s been a day since foreign reporters were given a tour of North Korea’s Sohae launch facility. Stories have been filed, photos have been uploaded and video has been broadcast, so what have we learned? The man of the moment at the launch site was Jang Myong Jin, who was identified as general manager of…
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First reports from Sohae launch pad
A handful of reporters allowed in to North Korea to cover the launch of its Unha-3 rocket got a close-up look at the launch pad on Sunday.
