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Malligyong-1 (Korean: 《만리경-1》호; Hanja: 萬里鏡 1号, meaning Telescope-1) is a type of North Korean reconnaissance satellite. [2] It is North Korea's first spy satellite. [3] It is in a sun-synchronous orbit at about 500 kilometres (310 mi) altitude, [4] and will provide a global optical imaging surveillance capability of several ...
Satellite image of North Korea in December 2002. Captured by NASA with the Aqua satellite. Satellite imagery in North Korea is a knowledge-building tool in the field of North Korean studies. It enables researchers to produce data-based analyses in the agricultural, humanitarian, economic and military fields, in a country where access to the ...
The North Korean government organized a fireworks display on 7 February 2016, in commemoration of the launch. [21] South Korea, Japan, the United States and other countries have accused North Korea of testing a ballistic missile (Unha is the satellite launch version of Taepodong-2) capable of hitting the United States.
Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite Friday on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and to improve responses to ...
Japan’s defense chief on Saturday ordered troops to activate missile interceptors and get ready to shoot down fragments from a North Korean satellite that may fall on the Japanese territory.
North Korea on Monday notified neighboring Japan that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put its first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit. Defense ...
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 [a] (Korean: 《광명성―3》호 2호기; Hancha: 光明星3號2號機; lit. Lodestar-3 Unit 2) [5] was the first satellite successfully launched from North Korea, an Earth observation spacecraft that was launched on 12 December 2012, 00:49 UTC, in order to replace the original Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, which failed to reach orbit on 13 April 2012. [6]
Japan – Prime Minister Tarō Asō stated that "the fact that North Korea went ahead with the launch despite repeated warnings from around the world, especially the United States, South Korea and Japan, was an extremely provocative act and one that Japan cannot let go unchallenged. So, cooperating with the international community, we want to ...