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North Korea Tech » Satellite images https://www.northkoreatech.org Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Red Army Faction satellite dishes are new addition https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/28/red-army-faction-satellite-dishes-are-new-addition/ https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/28/red-army-faction-satellite-dishes-are-new-addition/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 23:35:38 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=6067 Four remaining members of the Japanese Red Army Faction terrorist group living on the outskirts of Pyongyang might not be enjoying as free a lifestyle as recently portrayed. The four are the last members of a group of nine who hijacked JAL351, a Boeing 727, on March 31, 1970, and eventually took the aircraft to Pyongyang. They have been…

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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/28/red-army-faction-satellite-dishes-are-new-addition/feed/ 1 NASA captures fires burning across North Korea https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/02/nasa-captures-fires-burning-across-north-korea/ https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/02/nasa-captures-fires-burning-across-north-korea/#comments Fri, 02 May 2014 00:34:10 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5956

NASA’s Aqua satellite has captured a stunning image showing a number of large fires burning across North Korea earlier this week. The image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite, clearly shows large plumes of smoke from the fires, which are concentrated across the east and central parts of the…

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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/02/nasa-captures-fires-burning-across-north-korea/feed/ 4 North Korea Tech A new look at North Korea https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/02/25/a-new-look-at-north-korea/ https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/02/25/a-new-look-at-north-korea/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:18:34 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5796

Most people who read this blog will be familiar with the image of the two Koreas at nighttime by a NASA satellite On January 30, 2014, an astronaut on the International Space Station used a Nikon D3S camera to capture a new image of the Korean peninsula at 10:16 pm — one that’s even more…

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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/02/25/a-new-look-at-north-korea/feed/ 3 North Korea Tech Is this a South Korean propaganda radio station? https://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/11/25/is-this-a-south-korean-propaganda-radio-station/ https://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/11/25/is-this-a-south-korean-propaganda-radio-station/#comments Mon, 25 Nov 2013 03:35:23 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4843 Driving up South Korea’s “freedom highway” north of Seoul, just after the turn off for the National Defense University, observant travelers will notice a collection of transmitter masts off to the right of the highway. At first glance, the site looks like it might belong to a major broadcaster like KBS, but the truth appears to…

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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/11/25/is-this-a-south-korean-propaganda-radio-station/feed/ 4 KCTV gets more connected https://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/04/20/kctv-gets-more-connected/ https://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/04/20/kctv-gets-more-connected/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:00:47 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4549 Korean Central Television, the DPRK’s main nationwide TV channel, appears to have received another technology upgrade. New satellite images uploaded to Google Earth show four satellite dishes on the roof of a building at the TV and radio broadcasting center. They weren’t there a few months ago. It’s interesting because previously the TV and radio…

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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/04/20/kctv-gets-more-connected/feed/ 1 Exclusive: Launch unlikely until December 21; weather challenges ahead https://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/12/exclusive-launch-unlikely-until-december-21-weather-challenges-ahead/ https://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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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/12/exclusive-launch-unlikely-until-december-21-weather-challenges-ahead/feed/ 1 Just In: Monday Satellite Image of Sohae https://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/11/just-in-monday-satellite-image-of-sohae/ https://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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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/11/just-in-monday-satellite-image-of-sohae/feed/ 0 Image analysis: DPRK rocket staging proceeding more slowly than reported https://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/07/image-analysis-dprk-rocket-staging-proceeding-more-slowly-than-reported/ https://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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]]> https://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 https://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/05/latest-images-snow-comes-to-sohae-launch-facility/ https://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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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/05/latest-images-snow-comes-to-sohae-launch-facility/feed/ 0 Satellite images show changes at Sohae-ri rocket launch facility https://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/11/29/satellite-images-show-changes-at-sohae-ri-rocket-launch-facility/ https://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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