North Korea Launches Rocket

North Korea informed the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that it will launch a "communications satellite" Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 on a Unha-2 carrier rocket between April 4 and April 8, 2009; however, security analysts anticipated it would be a test of a long-range ballistic missile that could reach potential Japanese or mainland US targets. On April 5th 2009 the rocket was launched at around 02:30 hours UTC (11:30 hours KST).[ The US Northern Command said that the first stage of the rocket fell into the Sea of Japan, while the other rocket stages as well as the payload fell into the Pacific Ocean, and no object entered orbit. The missile apparently flew some 3,000 km before falling into the ocean. According to South Korean analysts, the Taepodong-2 travelled at least 3,200 km.

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Science & Technology

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• north
• korea
• launch
• rocket
• Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
• Taepodong-2
• Unha-2

[mullethippie96]

i find it great they have a space program someday theyre will be more humans off earth than on it