Monday, February 8, 2016

North Korean satellite "tumbling in orbit," U.S. officials say

CBS News 6 hours ago 
The satellite sent into space over the weekend in a controversial launch is now "tumbling in orbit," U.S. officials tell CBS News correspondent David Martin. It's the second time the North has tried but failed to put a satellite into stable orbit. North Korea actually claims to have put four satellites into orbit, but the first two have never been confirmed by anyone else. However, experts worldwide agree it got one into orbit in 2012 and NORAD, which is hardly a propaganda mouthpiece for Pyongyang, now has both that and the satellite launched on Sunday on its official satellite list. Kwangmyongsong 4, the satellite launched Sunday, has the NORAD catalog number 41332 and Kwangmyongsong 3-2, launched ...
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