DPRK's Successful Launch of Satellite Kwangmyongsong-2

KCNA on DPRK's Successful Launch of Satellite Kwangmyongsong-2
Pyongyang, April 5 (KCNA) -- Scientists and technicians of the DPRK have succeeded in putting satellite Kwangmyongsong-2, an experimental communications satellite, into orbit by means of carrier rocket Unha-2 under the state long-term plan for the development of outer space.

Unha-2, which was launched at the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground in Hwadae County, North Hamgyong Province at 11:20 on April 5, Juche 98 (2009), accurately put Kwangmyongsong-2 into its orbit at 11:29:02, nine minutes and two seconds after its launch.

The satellite is going round the earth along its elliptic orbit at the angle of inclination of 40.6 degrees at 490 km perigee and 1,426 km apogee. Its cycle is 104 minutes and 12 seconds.

Mounted on the satellite are necessary measuring devices and communications apparatuses.

The satellite is going round on its routine orbit.

It is sending to the earth the melodies of the immortal revolutionary paeans "Song of General
Kim Il Sung" and "Song of General Kim Jong Il" and measured information at 470 MHz. By the use of the satellite the relay communications is now underway by UHF frequency band.

The satellite is of decisive significance in promoting the scientific researches into the peaceful use of outer space and solving scientific and technological problems for the launch of practical satellites in the future.

Carrier rocket Unha-2 has three stages.

The carrier rocket and the satellite developed by the indigenous wisdom and technology are the shining results gained in the efforts to develop the nation's space science and technology on a higher level.

The successful satellite launch symbolic of the leaping advance made in the nation's space science and technology was conducted against the background of the stirring period when a high-pitched drive for bringing about a fresh great revolutionary surge is under way throughout the country to open the gate to a great prosperous and powerful nation without fail by 2012, the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung, under the far-reaching plan of General Secretary Kim Jong Il. This is powerfully encouraging the Korean people all out in the general advance.

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[daverushmore]

What's its downlink frequency and footprint? That way people with a dish can pick up its transmission.

The news report stated that it was (and still is) transmitting songs, therefore people with a dish who are in the sat footprint will be able to receive them on their tv sets.

Thing is. They need to know the downlink frequency (the transponder, H/V etc.).

What is it?

[atiu88]

@daverushmore The satellite Kwangmyongsong is not geostationary so you can't receive it with a home-user stationary satellite dish and its lifespan is not long. By now the satellite is already disintegrated. If you want to watch Korean Central TV, it is available via Thaicom 5 satellite with downlink frequency 3504, Horizontal polarization, symbol rate 3367.

[Starfighter9397]

Awesome! Thank you so much for the translation!

[atiu88]

Thanks for the appreciation. I will have more videos coming from the DPRK especially in this critical times.

[adam3176]

My speakers are FUCKED now thanks to this BS..

[kinnane4]

jesus christ this guys like a fog horn lol i mean SHUT UP hahahahha

[dickytobz]

its tv or radio? so fake and gay 

[josgamer]

He's speaking all CAPS :P

[jawa0621]

if they really had a sattelite in orbit he wouldn't have to scream so loud to broadcast the news

[Tokopol]

All things considered, they're doing pretty well for starting basically from scratch. US rockets were blowing up on the pad for their first few spaceshot attempts, and they had the benefit of german scientists AND german missiles.

[Squad2ND]

In a couple of years, we will hear about space-aliens shooting the fuckersatellite down because they can't stand to listen to those shitty songs praising Kim Jong Il and bad korean pop songs anymore!

[lookingatyouu]

챙피하게 이제사 위성하나 쏴 올렸다고... 그것도 소련에서 다 사 가지고와서 쏴 올렸음은 뻔한 사실.

위성쏴올리고 하는것은 대한민국에서 옛날부터 하고있으니, 그런 쓸데없는 짓은 그만하고 김 정일이나 잡아 없애고 자유나 찾으시요.

[thinkinrich]

@kinnane4 all korean are talking like this ,they are no maner

[Audioquest56]

@adam3176 Dude, you made me fall out of my chair laughing at that comment...



[Imagic0000BOY]

WTH...!!! DO U NEED TO SHOUTING LIKE THAT???

[daverushmore]

@atiu88

So in effect what you're saying is that there was absolutely no way of independently verifying what the newsreader's claims, or even that there even was a satellite up there. (if it couldn't be downlinked then why was it playing revolutionary songs which nobody could receive? What was the point of that?)

It makes no sense.

Do you not see that there's a massive credibility problem here?