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North Korean Launch Followed Space Launch Trajectory

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

From Space Daily:

NKorea rocket followed flight path of satellite: official

by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP) April 14, 2009
A North Korean rocket fired last week appeared to have carried a satellite and to have separated in its final two stages as planned, South Korea’s defence minister said Tuesday.

The three-stage rocket launched on April 5 “followed the trajectory of a satellite” although the North failed to put it into orbit, minister Lee Sang-Hee told parliament. . . . [Full Story]