Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- The National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea successfully launched the new-type carrier rocket "Chollima-1" loaded with the reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1" at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Cholsan County, North Phyongan Province, at 22:42:28 on November 21, Juche 112 (2023).
The carrier rocket "Chollima-1" flew normally along the preset flight track and accurately put the reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1" on its orbit at 22:54:13, 705s after the launch.
The launch of reconnaissance satellite is a legitimate right of the DPRK for strengthening its self-defensive capabilities and it will make a significant contribution to definitely ramping up the war preparedness of the armed forces of the Republic in conformity with the security environment created in and around the country owing to the enemies' dangerous military moves.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, oversaw the launch on the spot.
He was accompanied by Kim Jong Sik, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, and Jang Chang Ha, general director of the DPRK General Missile Bureau.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch and warmly congratulated all the cadres, scientists and technicians of the NATA and relevant institutions on having made a great contribution to enhancing the Republic's war deterrent and most correctly and excellently implementing the resolution of the Eighth Congress of the WPK.
The NATA is to present to the 9th Plenary Meeting of the 8th WPK Central Committee a plan for continuing to secure the capability to reconnoiter the south Korean region and the region of operational interest of the DPRK armed forces by additionally launching several reconnaissance satellites in a short span of time. -0-
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First attempt failed in May.
Second attempt failed in August.
Visited Russia in September and freely roamed their military and space centers.
Succeeds in November.
Hmm….
I wouldn't minimize the successes of their home grown talent. They've launched satellites before.
Good on them for doing it again
If they weren’t confident in their own space program, they wouldn’t have launched three iterations with only an average interval of three months each. This means that they knew the problems were relatively minor.
Science is about cooperation, and if you think the recent Kim visit to Russia didn’t bring together scientists from both sides, then I really don’t know what to tell you.
What are you trying to say? Reaching out to consultants is a normal thing in advanced fields, especially during post incident analysis. US, EU, Russian, and Chinese organizations all do it, literally everyone does it. Might as well claim having read internationally published engineering and scientific journals means you didn't actually achieve something.
Hell, the US and EU literally poach the experts of other nations (brain drain) to make their advanced technology development and aerospace work. Why waste valuable time and resources on something someone you are on good terms with has probably already had to troubleshoot in the past, that effort is better spent elsewhere.
Kim stole Russian space technology while visiting Russia.
Slipped it into his coat all sneaky-like, possibly with cartoon music playing
I'm sorry but you think it only took 6-8 weeks from discussions to actual changes in a rocket? Sincerely doubt it.
The average time between iterations of the past three launches is three months, i.e. ~12 weeks. This means that the North Koreans knew that the problems or defects were likely minor, and can be fixed relatively easily. If you think Russian and North Korean scientists don’t communicate and cooperate, then I don’t know what to tell you.
Did they cooperate and communicate with Russia or did they steal the knowledge/tech from them? You've said two things with two different implications and then put an exasperated "I don't know what to tell you" shtick when people inevitably don't know which direction you're coming from.