[FPSPACE] Official North Korean statement on Unha-3 failure

Fri Apr 13 03:10:44 EDT 2012

Has anyone ever seen a photograph of Kwangmyongsong 2?   Or any description of what it was going to do, apart from make "tuneful" noises?

Phillip Clark

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  From: Morris Jones 
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  Subject: [FPSPACE] Official North Korean statement on Unha-3 failure

  DPRK′s Satellite Fails to Enter Its Orbit
  Pyongyang, April 13 (KCNA) -- The DPRK launched its first application satellite K wangmyongsong-3 at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Cholsan County, North Phyongan Province at 07:38:55 a.m. on Friday.

  The earth observation satellite failed to enter its preset orbit.

  Scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure. -0-

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