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2015-05-11 China-Japan-Koreas

N.Korea Unveils New 'Satellite Facility'

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Posted by Steve White 2015-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top
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#1 This supposedly replaces an existing "satellite control facility." No word on what happens to the old facility.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-11 12:37|| 2015-05-11 12:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Pappy,

Interestingly, I was doing some research on this yesterday - this may be a rebuild/refit of an existing facility instead of an all new one. Can't remember the names of the two locations, but they've got one on the east coast and one on the west, and I think this might be the eastern one.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-05-11 14:15|| 2015-05-11 14:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the old satellite control facility was killed and eaten during the last famine.

Posted by SteveS 2015-05-11 14:33|| 2015-05-11 14:33|| Front Page Top

#4 The old satellite command center was kinda obsolete. Still fly-by-wire

Posted by Uliger Shinese4006 2015-05-11 16:11|| 2015-05-11 16:11|| Front Page Top

#5 that was me - guess I lost my cookie

Posted by Frank G 2015-05-11 16:13|| 2015-05-11 16:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike, this is an all-new facility. Per the North Korean Economy Watch:

The new satellite control center is located in the Pothonggang District of Pyongyang. The size of the mission control room is approximately 570 square meters. Other facilities in the building, according to the DPRK media, include a revolutionary history room, auxiliary display and control room, and optical observation room, E-library, lounge, conference room, offices, dining room and bedrooms.

This new control center may also be the administrative home of the National Aerospace Development Administration. Construction of the new satellite control center began shortly after NADA was publicly announced last year. Based on commercial satellite imagery, construction began sometime between 2014-4-13 and 2014-7-3, meaning that if completed, construction took nearly one year.

If completed, this new facility raises a question about the status of the older satellite control center in Ryongsong District at the Second Academy of Natural Sciences.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-11 16:35|| 2015-05-11 16:35|| Front Page Top

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