North Korea launches a reconnaissance satellite by surprise...Is the ”North-South military satellite competition” in full swing?

North Korea launched its third military reconnaissance satellite on the night of the 21st. The reason for launching the launch approximately one hour earlier than the date and time notified to Japan was to keep in mind that the South Korean satellite would be launched on the 30th, and at the same time
This appears to be an attempt to escape the surveillance system of the United States and South Korea. On the 22nd, the Korean Central News Agency stated, ``The National Aerospace Technology Administration announced that at 22:42:28 on November 21st, the
The reconnaissance satellite ``Manligyong 1'' was loaded onto a new satellite carrier rocket ``Cheonlima 1'' and successfully launched from Seohae Satellite Launch Center, San-gun.'' Also,"
Senrima 1" said it landed the reconnaissance satellite "Marikagyou 1" in orbit at 22:54:13, 705 seconds after launch. North Korea initially planned to launch an artificial satellite between midnight on the 22nd and the 1st of next month.
Although they announced that they were planning to do so, they did not adhere to this period. Regarding this, Jang Yong-geun, director of the Korea National Strategic Studies Institute's Missile Center, said, ``North Korea's notification like this
It appears to be a formality,'' and added, ``Such a surprise launch appears to be aimed at a gap in the US and South Korea's ability to detect and track the launch.''
In addition, ``After the meeting with Russia, Russian engineers entered North Korea and have been working with North Korea to date.
"It appears that there was support at the level of Russia confirming and verifying this after discussing the analysis results of the launch failure and discussing the telemetry data at the time."
It was estimated that it was. Professor Park Won-gon of the Department of North Korea at Ewha Women's University said, ``Although it was not intended to be a competitive situation, they fired to prevent South Korea from taking the initiative.''
From his perspective, it can be seen that the focus was on the projectile being launched and separated without detonation, rather than performance."
The South Korean military launched its first independent reconnaissance satellite on the 30th of this month at Vandenberg, California.
Launched from a Space Force base. The projectile is the Falcon 9 from SpaceX, the company founded by CEO Elon Musk. North Korea carried out a surprise launch today in order to succeed before South Korea.
It seems to be a thing. The South Korean government today suspended part of the effectiveness of the ``9/19 Military Agreement'' until mutual trust between the North and South is restored. This will allow reconnaissance and supervision of North Korea along the Military Demarcation Line.
Visual activity resumes immediately. President Yoon Seo-gyul, who is on a state visit to the United Kingdom, also approved the suspension of Article 1, Paragraph 3 of the September 19 Military Agreement, which was approved at the extraordinary State Council meeting today.
Ta. Article 1, Section 3 of the September 19 Military Agreement, whose effect has been suspended, establishes a no-fly zone over the military demarcation line. Regarding this, Professor Yang Moo-jin of North Korea Graduate University said, ``The military agreement is
The suspension of the validity is bad water in the midst of bad water,'' he said, adding, ``Even if the validity is suspended without dialogue, it will not be possible to return to the former status.The withdrawal of the Gaesong Industrial Complex during the Park Geun-hye government bad water next to
” Professor Park said, ``If we suspend Article 1, Section 3 of the September 19 Agreement, North Korea may invalidate the agreement itself,'' adding, ``If the September 19 Military Agreement disappears, North Korea
There is a possibility that North Korea may resort to provocations such as the NLL (Northern Limit Line) in order to attract attention again."