It should be quite apparent now that North Korea is not developing a satellite launch vehicle. - Ed Kyle
Quote from: edkyle99 on 03/22/2016 01:21 pm It should be quite apparent now that North Korea is not developing a satellite launch vehicle. - Ed KyleNorth Korea is developing BOTH SLV and ballistic missile. They are not the same.
Could the ICBM be used as the basis of the reported lunar probe?
New South Korean study of recovered debris from the February 7 North Korean satellite launch suggests there was no real satellite payload aboard, and the launch was testing missile technology with the 'satellite' claim only a deliberate camouflage.http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2016/04/27/0401000000AEN20160427005251315.html?9dc88cf0
On 12 February the orbit was 472.6x508.3 km (average Earth diameter reference). Now it is 469.1x506.9 km, so it doesn't seem to have performed any orbit raising maneuvers.