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Making orbit is hard. Really hard. Space is easy, just go 100km straight up (the Karman line). But staying in space means accelerating sideways to 27000-ish KPH at minimum. The engineering challenges are immense.

Making orbit with a sizeable payload also means the theoretical capability to drop a nuke anywhere on the planet. It's one reason why the US government is so happy to facilitate deals between American launch companies and other countries to launch their satellites for them, instead of forcing them to develop homegrown dual-purpose rocketry technology.

Musk in shambles.

• no lithium
• twitter unprofitable and now named something ridiculous
• grimes divorced him
• DPRK better at going to space than him.
• his oldest child hates him and is trans

It's amazing what a country can accomplish without Amerikkkan intervention

Just watched musk incinerate another ~~rocket~~ pile of investor cash last week keeps trucking along

What's with the scare quotes around reconnaissance

Good for them.

Ongoing critical support for best korea

Good sign that they successfully resolved the USB virus issues that were spreading through their systems a while back thanks to the cia.

DPRK posted a second article to show Kim Jong Un visiting the NATA Control Center. This article has a photo inside the control room.

https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/e7364235-5e8d-4a5b-bffc-3f1432e79a94.jpeg

Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the Pyongyang General Control Center of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) at 10:00 a.m. on Nov. 22 to learn about the operation of the reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1" on orbit, its fine-tuning process and the state of aerospace photographing of a specific area under the ground command.

He was accompanied by Kim Jong Sik, vice department director of the C.C., WPK.

The NATA of the DPRK reported to Kim Jong Un that the reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1" would formally start its reconnaissance mission from December 1 after finishing 7 to 10 days' fine-tuning process.

Noting that the DPRK has finally developed and possessed aerospace reconnaissance capability by its own efforts and technologies, Kim Jong Un said that it is a great event in developing the armed forces of the Republic and coping with a new military situation in the region. And he highly praised once again the scientists and technicians in the field of aerospace science research for making tangible contributions to the Party's cause of building a powerful and modern army.

Then he watched the aerospace photos of Anderson Air Force Base, Apra Harbor and other major military bases of the U.S. forces taken in the sky above Guam in the Pacific, which were received at 9:21 a.m. on Nov. 22.

Noting that the armed forces of the DPRK have taken in their hands both "eyes" overlooking a very long distance and a strong "fist" beating a very long distance, he stressed once again that it is necessary to operate many more reconnaissance satellites in the aspect of increasing the effectiveness of the powerful military strike means of the DPRK as well as for self-defence.

Underlining the need to take note of the fact that the U.S. imperialists brought the nuclear carrier Carl Vinson and the nuclear-powered submarine Santa Fe to the south Korean region yesterday and today to turn the region into an advanced base of their aggressor forces and nuclear arsenal, he said that to closely monitor and grasp the nature of such maneuvers of the U.S. imperialists and their vassal armies endangering the regional military situation is a serious issue directly related to the security of the DPRK. He then stressed the need to launch more various reconnaissance satellites, put them on different orbits and operate them in a combined and practical manner, as already clarified, in order to provide the DPRK armed forces with abundant valuable real-time information about the enemy and further promote their responsive posture.

Approving the suggestion made by the NATA to submit to the 9th Plenary Meeting of the 8th WPK Central Committee the immediate plan for securing the aerospace reconnaissance capability for monitoring south Korea and the Pacific and their vicinity, he said that the above-said plenary meeting would discuss and decide the plan for the launch of reconnaissance satellite for 2024.

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/61e6edeb8bd846ffcfe131e282256d21.kcmsf
mirror https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1700640563-425435469/respected-comrade-kim-jong-un-visits-pyongyang-general-control-center-of-nata

North Korea appears to be preparing for its third attempt this year at launching a reconnaissance satellite, a move that may prove as controversial as the nuclear-armed country's weapons tests.

Earlier attempts on May 31 - North Korea's first such launch since 2016 - and Aug. 24 ended in fiery failures when its new Chollima-1 rockets crashed into the sea.

Since 1998 North Korea has launched six satellites, two of which appeared to have successfully reached orbit, and the last of which was in 2016.

In September Kim toured Russia's most modern space launch centre, where President Vladimir Putin promised to help Pyongyang build satellites.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/why-north-koreas-satellite-launches-draw-condemnation-2023-11-21/

North Korea has said it successfully launched a military spy satellite on its third attempt in six months.

The launch came just hours after Pyongyang had notified Japan of its intention to launch a satellite between November 22 and December 1.

State media certainly wanted to show that it was, publishing photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiling broadly following the launch, surrounded by cheering scientists and engineers in white uniforms.

Japan said it was still analysing the launch and “at this point is not confirming whether the satellite had entered into an orbit around the Earth”, chief government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said.

Analysts said it could take some time to work out whether the satellite is in orbit and operating.

Many experts are doubtful that Moscow could have provided game-changing assistance in just two months, however.

North Korea has said the satellite is necessary for it to deal with alleged threats from South Korea and the United States, and will improve its ability to monitor its neighbour.

South Korea responded by suspending parts of the Comprehensive Military Agreement that was signed at a 2018 summit between Kim and former South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday afternoon.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/22/north-koreas-spy-satellite-launch-all-you-need-to-know

As we all know, """Best""" (NOT!( Take that one, rocket-man Kim!)) Korea being literally Jim J. Johnwellson's "1985", which I need to read someday, means that this """"""reconnaissance"""""" """Satellite""" is 1000% a space-nuke launcher that is going to blow up my Grandpa's chicken farm (He has the egg monopoly in my 78 person county in north-eastern Idaho, specifically). This is why we need to STRIKE FIRST! !

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….

Nice! It's been a while since they've had a successful satellite launch, right?

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.

I am so glad they were finally able to get this satellite launched and in orbit