The North Korean missile launch as seen from space
North Korea at the top and South Korea, lit up, at the bottom.
North Korea launched its Satellite rocket at 2:30am GMT on April 5th. The launch has been strongly condemned by the international community.
Barack Obama called on North Korea to not provocate the situation anymore.
Some believe that the ‘Experimental Communications Satellite’ could be used for long range ballistic missiles.
North Korea spends most of it’s GDP on the military. Mobile phones are not allowed and all civilian communication is restricted to their own country, even then having limitations. It’d be interesting to see what ‘peaceful purpose’ the communications satellite has – if any.
Tags: Rocket, Rocket Launch, Satellite
