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Malligyong-1 (Korean: 《만리경-1》호; Hanja: 萬里鏡-1, 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 ...
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un at what the country said is the launch of the Malligyong-1, a military spy satellite, into orbit (AP) Japan said North Korea’s frequent missile launches are a ...
The fallout from North Korea's satellite launch continues to worsen after the 2018 military pact with South Korea was abandoned. ... and has since displayed the might of its military as a nuclear ...
North Korea's spy satellite program is an "indispensable" measure to counter U.S. space militarisation aimed at beefing up the United States' preemptive nuclear strike capability and securing ...
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 ...
South Korea’s military suggested Monday it could suspend a 2018 inter-Korean agreement to reduce tensions and resume front-line aerial surveillance and firing exercises if the North went ahead ...
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]
North Korea says it successfully launched its first military spy satellite on Nov. 21, transmitting photos of military installations in the U.S. mainland, Japan and the U.S. territory of Guam.