[amsat-bb] Re: North Korean Polar weather satellite

[George Henry]

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





----- Original Message ----
> From: andy thomas <andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: amsat <amsat-bb at 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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