North Korea appears to have made progress in its space program, despite a second rocket failure on Thursday, but its unusually quick launch pace may be causing problems, analysts said.
on Thursday, but its unusually quick launch pace may be causing problems, analysts said.
"Putting the marker down for October is pretty gutsy," Jeffrey Lewis, a missile researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, said in a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. "Can’t say I recall them being so specific before." "The fact that they announced a third launch in October, which is quite immediate, could mean that there were no problems with the performance and separation of the first-, second- and third-stage rockets, and they have confirmed what's wrong with the emergency explosion device through telemetry data reception," said Chang Young-keun, a professor at Korea Aerospace University in South Korea.
"The unusually fast-paced schedule suggests that the whole project was focused on highlighting Kim Jong Un's achievements, rather than actually putting an operating satellite in orbit," said Yang Uk, a fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul.on May 31 came just days after South Korea placed satellites into orbit for the first time with a domestically produced rocket, and officials in Seoul suggested at the time that North Korea had rushed to keep up.
"Given that a launch would be more difficult in the winter due to the speed and direction of the wind, October would be its last option to make tangible progress," he said.
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