• @[email protected]
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    2510 months ago

    I wonder what the capabilities of this satellite are. Knowing NK, it might just be a guy in a steel drum holding a disposable camera.

    • Tangled Slinky
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      1710 months ago

      Without any sort of space suit, either. Just a frozen corpse with a little yellow Kodiak camera floating around in a barrel.

    • @afraid_of_zombies
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      410 months ago

      If you feel like it you can go down the amateur satellite tracking rabbithole. There is a blog run by a guy in Holland sattrack blogspot or something like that, I used to follow. He pretty much can tell you way more than you want to know about any satellite.

    • @[email protected]
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      310 months ago

      The DPRK has the technological capability for ICBMs. Regardless of everything else, their technical skills should not be underestimated.

      Russia, the US, China, France, the UK, India, Israel, and Iran. That’s some rarified air the DPRK is standing with.

  • @Markimus
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    410 months ago

    Um, no? The article you linked to shows that they’re planning to launch it, though they haven’t actually tried yet, let alone achieved a successful launch…?

    • @YoBuckStopsHereOP
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      310 months ago

      Refresh, it was launched earlier today and the headline and article were updated.

      • @Markimus
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        410 months ago

        Oh ok, thanks! That’s odd it would show the update for you earlier than me, it’s showing the updated information now.

  • magnetosphere
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    210 months ago

    I would have thought they blew their budget on the first attempt. Even then, I wouldn’t have expected the satellite to be great. I’d be surprised if the third was decent.