Something momentous happened with North Korea’s space program on December 12, 2012: An Unha-3 (“Milky Way-3”) rocket successfully launched a Kwanmenson-3 (“Bright Star-3”) artificial earth satellite into orbit using a modified three-stage Taepodong-2 ballistic missile as the launch vehicle. A previous attempt to launch a similar rocket last April 13 met with failure. North Korean experts subsequently modified the satellite and its carrier vehicle.
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North Korea’s Rocket “Miracle”
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