The previous satellite was said to be transmitting the Song of General Kim Il Sung as well as the Song of General Kim Jong Il, though no one outside of North Korea has been able to confirm this. People in Pyongyang danced and watched fireworks the day after a rocket launch that has been strongly condemned by many countries around the world.
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“We hope that the future of our space technology keeps growing and shines like these fireworks in the sky”, an announcer on the North Korean broadcaster said during coverage of the celebrations in the capital.
North Korea’s newly launched satellite nearly passed over the Super Bowl stadium just one hour after the game finished, it has been revealed. North Korea has said the satellites are meant for “monitoring the weather, mapping natural resources and forest distributions and providing data that might help farmers improve their crops”, according to the Associated Press. The first two of those satellites were reportedly never confirmed.
The JSPOC, a division of the US Strategic Command, also said that the launch vehicle is likely the same used during North Korea’s last launch in December 2012, the Unha-3, as the orbits of the satellite and other details of the launch are said to be extremely similar in nature.
If the January 6 nuclear test were not enough, this missile test clearly demonstrates to the United Nations Security Council that the worldwide community that it must take decisive unified action to counter the North Korean threat to peace and security.
Signals from the new satellite had also yet to be detected.
North Korea’s launched a rocket on Sunday, and claimed it was carrying an Earth observation satellite. The objects appeared to be the satellite and the final stage of the rocket booster, said arms control expert David Wright, co-director of the Union of Concerned Scientists Global Security Program.
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In 2014, the state-run news service showed off NADA’s logo and described it as a representation of the agency’s “character, mission, position, and development prospect”, Space.com reports. Even China, the North’s lone ally, articulated its disapproval in a statement from its foreign ministry.
