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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
