Saturday, April 14, 2012

Controversial North Korean Rocket Launch Apparently Fails in Flight

Breaking News – Controversial North Korean Rocket Launch Apparently Fails in Flight:

North Korean Unha-3 three stage rocket erected at seaside launch pad days ago. The Unha-3 rocket was launched on April 13 and failed shortly after liftoff
See launch animation below
Story Updated - Read Official NORAD statement below

North Korea has just gone ahead with their announced intentions to defy international warnings and launched the highly controversial Unha-3 long range missile a short while ago at 7:39 AM local time on Friday the 13th (2239 GMT, 6:39 PM EDT Thursday), as reported by CNN, NBC, Fox and other news media on live TV broadcasts at 7 PM EDT, Thursday evening. [Story Updated]
The 3 stage rocket apparently failed in flight quickly and broke apart within the first 90 seconds to 2 minutes and never reached orbit, according to US, Japanese and South Korean officials who have been closely monitoring the developing situation the past few weeks.(...)


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