Defense Minister Minoru Kihara announced that the Japanese Ministry of Defense has discovered an object in Earth orbit that may be a satellite of North Korea. writes about this TASS.
He noted that the motion of an object in Earth orbit was confirmed. However, Kihara refrained from assessing the success of North Korea’s satellite launch.
Previously, the South Korean Armed Forces Chiefs of Staff Committee said Pyongyang could possibly launch its first reconnaissance satellite into orbit. However, South Korea needs additional time to determine the normal operation of this device.
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) previously reported About the successful launch of the North Korean reconnaissance satellite called “Mulligyong-1” placed in orbit. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un congratulated the scientists, engineers and workers involved in this project.
On November 21, 2023, at 22:42:28 Pyongyang time (13:42:28 UTC), the new type of launch vehicle Chollima-1 was successfully launched at the Sohae Satellite Launch Site.
The launch was successful and 705 seconds after launch, at 22:54:13, the reconnaissance satellite “Mulligon-1” was sent into a sun-synchronous orbit close to the calculated one with the following parameters: inclination – 97.43°; minimum altitude – 492.9 km; maximum altitude – 512.2 km; circulation time – 94.67 min.
Previously in North Korea in the name The entry of a US submarine into South Korea “was a condition for the use of nuclear weapons.”