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North’s rocket U S says Satellite is spinning out of control
North’s rocket U S says Satellite is spinning out of control
South Korea unveils debris of the North’s rocket and says it has a range of 7,500 miles – as U.S. officials say its satellite is spinning out of control. Seoul shows nose cone from retrieved from waters off South Korean Island Three-stage rocket sent a satellite into orbit in defiance of UN resolutions Rocket can travel further than predecessor which had range of 10,000km Officials say Pyongyang lacks expertise to transform it into ballistic missile. South Korea today unveiled debris from Pyongyang’s satellite rocket which it says has a range of some 7,500 miles – more powerful than its predecessor. Seoul’s Defence Ministry released images purporting to show a section of nose cone retrieved from the waters off the southern South Korean island of Jeju. Officials said the latest rocket was similar to the Unha-3 launched in December 2012, but was believed to have an enhanced range of some 12,000km (7,500 miles). The older version of the rocket had an estimated range of some 10,000km. But they said Pyongyang still lacks the expertise to transform it into a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland. Meanwhile, U.S. officials said the satellite launched on the rocket over the weekend is now ‘tumbling in orbit’. This is the second time that the rogue state put an satellite into unstable orbit, the last time being in 2012. North Korea has claimed to have put four satellites into orbit but the first two have never been officially confirmed. Signals from the new satellite are yet to be detected, according to CBS, and it is unclear what the satellite is supposed to be using or what it will be detecting.
