--- On Thu, 13/12/12, B J va6bmj@gmail.com wrote:

http://www.space.com/18886-north-korean-satellite-out-of-control.html

Surely that's just like any other satellite tumbling after deployment, there was never any indication it had a gradient boom let alone thrusters onboard so tumbling after deployment would be a normal characteristic.

73 Trevor M5AKA ----