Satellite images reveal the North Korean Launch Pad in Musudan-ri
North Korea has begun fuelling the rocket which is impending launch to put a communications satellite into space within the next few days, despite international calls for it to halt the launch. Final preparations are being made on the launch site, claims a senior US official.
The rocket will be ready for take off about 3 days after fuelling begins, say experts.
After the last Taepodong test failed, the UN drafted a resolution banning North Korea from ballistic activity, and Japan and the US insist that even Satellite launches are covered in the ban – but what does that matter in the eyes of North Korea..
Pyongyang says it will launch during daylight hours between this Saturday and next Wednesday.
Satellite images of the launch site seem to suggest that the rocket has been fitted with a satellite, coinciding with claims from North Korea that this is a satellite launch and not a missile test, as the US, Japan, and South Korea claim.
Tags: Missile, Rocket, Rocket Launch, Satellite, Taepodong
