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Originally posted by PammyK
In my opinion, WHY does N Korea need a communications sat when 90% of the population is too poor to own cell phones or that type of device!!!! I read and heard it was a failure. Will they (our government) tell us the truth of what the actual payload the rocket carried? Who knows! On CNN this morning, it was reported that we learned alot about their technology, and it had developed much since their last launch of a rocket. Will they sell that technology to other nations or terrorists......hope not!
Originally posted by Dean Goldberry
OK, so did North Korea successfully launch their COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE or not? (Sorry I haven't had time to research).
Talk about the most blatant Big Brother propaganda by the Western media ever! We've only heard "missile." Let's get it strait here:
rocket: goes STRAIT UP into orbit
missile: launches initially vertically and THEN flies parallel to the Earth's surface in a parabola
Questions? Comments?
Originally posted by Dean Goldberry
reply to post by Ferris.Bueller.II
I can be nickled and dimed on this all day. See previous reply that refers to the trajectory and terminus of the rocket versus the missile. The former goes strait up, or certainly primarily, and the latter flies like a jet.
add: Obviously this is in terms of public perception; not technical definitions.
Originally posted by Dean Goldberry
Being that this isn't professional journalism, I'm going with "rocket" sufficing for "rocket EFFECT." Thank you (all) for educating me that all such phallic objects are referred to as missiles today... Again I wonder what type of satellite they're trying to launch.
OK, so did North Korea successfully launch their COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE or not? (Sorry I haven't had time to research).
Talk about the most blatant Big Brother propaganda by the Western media ever! We've only heard "missile." Let's get it strait here:
rocket: goes STRAIT UP into orbit
missile: launches initially vertically and THEN flies parallel to the Earth's surface in a parabola
Questions? Comments?
Originally posted by Dean Goldberry
"Communications satellite" is too vague. It's all about what and with whom they're communicating.
It is sending to the earth the melodies of the immortal revolutionary paeans "Song of General Kim Il Sung" and "Song of General Kim Jong Il" and measured information at 470 MHz. By the use of the satellite the relay communications is now underway by UHF frequency band.
Originally posted by Ferris.Bueller.II
Originally posted by Dean Goldberry
OK, so did North Korea successfully launch their COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE or not? (Sorry I haven't had time to research).
Nope. No satellite deployed in orbit.
Talk about the most blatant Big Brother propaganda by the Western media ever! We've only heard "missile." Let's get it strait here:
rocket: goes STRAIT UP into orbit
missile: launches initially vertically and THEN flies parallel to the Earth's surface in a parabola
Questions? Comments?
Wrong.
Missile: An unmanned, self-propelled vehicle flying in or above the atmosphere with remote or internal trajectory guidance.
Rocket: A self-propelled unguided vehicle whose flight trajectory cannot be altered after launch.
If that is true, does that make the space shuttle a Missile ?
Because once it is launched they can change their trajectory from inside manually like a computer chip could a missile.