N Korea skips first launch chance (bad weather)

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 07:48 GMT,
Saturday, 4 April 2009 08:48 UK

N Korea skips first launch chance

The first window in North Korea's five-day satellite
launch plan has passed with no sign of a blast-off.

A South Korean expert said conditions in the launch
area were not ideal, with "somewhat strong" winds
and cloud.

Neighbouring states suspect the launch of the rocket
is a cover for a long-range missile test and have
urged North Korea not to go ahead.

North Korea has said the launch will happen between
4-8 April, during windows from 0200 to 0700 GMT.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7982835.stm

[Eugene]

1. Reuters: Weather may have delayed N.Korea launch

Source: Reuters

Weather may have delayed N.Korea launch
Sat Apr 4, 2009 5:25am EDT

By Jon Herskovitz and Jack Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - Poor weather and planning may have forced North Korea to delay the launch of a long-range rocket Saturday, officials in Seoul said, after Pyongyang reported preparations were complete and lift-off would take place soon.

The United States, Japan and South Korea see the launch as the test of a long-range missile designed to carry a warhead to U.S. territory and say it would violate U.N. resolutions.

North Korea has said the launch would take place between April 4-8 from the hours of 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. EST. It has tested the rocket known as the Taepodong-2 only once before, in 2006, when it exploded less than a minute into flight.

-snip-

"We thought the launch was likely today, but weather conditions at the rocket base may not have been favorable," South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a presidential Blue House official as saying. A separate government source told Yonhap that the North's preparations appeared to be insufficient.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE53058220090404

[Jello Biafra]

11. Looks like the rocket petered out...

Just like Little Kim's penis...

[tomm2thumbs]

2. I think they want to provocatively launch during the NATO summit -

If you are going to thumb someone in the eye, may as well do it big time.

[BunkerHill24]

3. Excellent analysis...n/t

[Jello Biafra]

4. I guess the match kept burning out.........

So they can only fire an attack missile when there is good weather?

[razorman]

5. Manufactured by the Acme Missile Company?

[RoyGBiv]

9. Video of First Attempt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upt7ZTvcriY

[ShockediSay]

6. If they wanna play tough guy, just shoot the thing down nt

[daleo]

7. On what pretext?

I am not aware of any international law against sattelite launches.

[MimiAvril]

8. NK launched a rocket. NYT banner says

No link yet. Home page banner only.

[Pavulon]

10. D motors i bet....

how many starved in the lil kim empire today?