> I believe that the most reasonable interpretation is that they are lying about >this being a satellite launch, which has been betrayed by the incompetence of >their propagandists in over-reaching in their cover story. Although it seems clear that a sun-synchronous orbit is not in the cards, I wouldn't rule out the 88.7 degree orbit. We're kind of one-for-one on the polar vs "solar-sychronous" claims, as the first announcement that came out on March 16 said, "Kwangmyongsong-3, a polar-orbiting earth observation satellite, will be blasted off southward from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Cholsan County, North Phyongan Province between April 12 and 16, lifted by carrier rocket Unha-3. A safe flight orbit has been chosen so that carrier rocket debris to be generated during the flight would not have any impact on neighboring countries." While the more recent sun-synchronous claim is false, it's also not backed up by other such claims that I know of and could be a slip-up of unknown etiology. In any event, getting ready to look for something in an 88.7 degree, 500-ish km orbit would be worthwhile, IMO. If nothing were to show up after an apparently successful launch, that would definitely indicate some skulduggery. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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