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North Korea Tech » Sohae Launch Facility http://www.northkoreatech.org Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 North Korea launches rocket http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/12/north-korea-launches-rocket/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/12/north-korea-launches-rocket/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:16:19 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3813 So much for delays, technical problems and bad weather. (And so much for satellite imagery analysis!) North Korea launched its rocket on Wednesday morning local time at a little before 10am in the morning, according to reports from regional governments. The missile was launched from the Sohae-ri launch facility, according to an immediate report from…

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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/12/north-korea-launches-rocket/feed/ 4 Exclusive: Launch unlikely until December 21; weather challenges ahead http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/12/exclusive-launch-unlikely-until-december-21-weather-challenges-ahead/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/12/exclusive-launch-unlikely-until-december-21-weather-challenges-ahead/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:50:02 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3799 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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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/12/exclusive-launch-unlikely-until-december-21-weather-challenges-ahead/feed/ 1 Just In: Monday Satellite Image of Sohae http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/11/just-in-monday-satellite-image-of-sohae/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/11/just-in-monday-satellite-image-of-sohae/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:13:06 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3794 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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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/11/just-in-monday-satellite-image-of-sohae/feed/ 0 DPRK extends satellite launch window http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/11/dprk-extends-satellite-launch-window/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/11/dprk-extends-satellite-launch-window/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:11:36 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3792

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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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/11/dprk-extends-satellite-launch-window/feed/ 0 North Korea Tech Image analysis: DPRK rocket staging proceeding more slowly than reported http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/07/image-analysis-dprk-rocket-staging-proceeding-more-slowly-than-reported/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/07/image-analysis-dprk-rocket-staging-proceeding-more-slowly-than-reported/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:00:01 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3778 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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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/07/image-analysis-dprk-rocket-staging-proceeding-more-slowly-than-reported/feed/ 1 Latest images: Snow comes to Sohae launch facility http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/05/latest-images-snow-comes-to-sohae-launch-facility/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/05/latest-images-snow-comes-to-sohae-launch-facility/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3771 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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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/05/latest-images-snow-comes-to-sohae-launch-facility/feed/ 0 Exclusive: More on DPRK rocket trajectory and launch plans http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/04/exclusive-more-on-dprk-rocket-trajectory-and-launch-plans/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/04/exclusive-more-on-dprk-rocket-trajectory-and-launch-plans/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:02:28 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3734 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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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/04/exclusive-more-on-dprk-rocket-trajectory-and-launch-plans/feed/ 3 DPRK plans satellite launch in December http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/01/dprk-plans-satellite-launch-in-december/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/01/dprk-plans-satellite-launch-in-december/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:35:31 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3730

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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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/01/dprk-plans-satellite-launch-in-december/feed/ 3 North Korea Tech Satellite images show changes at Sohae-ri rocket launch facility http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/11/29/satellite-images-show-changes-at-sohae-ri-rocket-launch-facility/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/11/29/satellite-images-show-changes-at-sohae-ri-rocket-launch-facility/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:04:25 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3709 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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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/11/29/satellite-images-show-changes-at-sohae-ri-rocket-launch-facility/feed/ 0 Latest satellite images of Sohae launch facility http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/04/12/latest-satellite-images-of-sohae-launch-facility/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/04/12/latest-satellite-images-of-sohae-launch-facility/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:04:40 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3085 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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