Wanna bet that something happens to the "satellite" and it never reaches orbit or becomes functional, or that there is some "failure" during the flight (after they've proven their long-range missile) that requires self-destruct?
George, KA3HSW
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From: andy thomas andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wed, March 28, 2012 2:07:00 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] North Korean Polar weather satellite
All
I remember those days as an SWL when KCNA messages (amongst others) flowed across the monitor screen in green letters... if you have nostalgia for those days and are also interested in the planned polar orbiter then I've just prdcuced these extracts from the KCNA news flow.
They suggest that there will be a launch of a polar-orbiter weather satellite around April 15th and that they have notified the relevant authorities about it. Would someone like to do a FOIA request for a copy of their notification?
If there is a bird and she is a polar orbiter transmitting data maybe it'll be in APT format, although I think the recent Russian launches are in a format incomprehensible to anyone else, so would not guarantee it.
Press propaganda follows:
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