The Korea Coast Guard, which acts as a maritime police in Japan, announced that it received a notice from North Korea that it would launch a satellite between 0:00 on the 31st and 11:00 on the next month.
According to Japan’s Kyodo News Agency and NHK on the 29th, North Korea informed the Japanese government of its plan to set up a dangerous zone in the sea as it proceeds to launch satellites during this period. North Korea is said to have informed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of this policy.
Regarding North Korea’s satellite launch, NHK said, “There are a total of three areas where (debris) are expected to fall, two in the West Sea and one in the East Sea of the Philippines, all outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).” issued a navigational alert here and asked for attention to passing ships.”
He added, “If North Korea launches a ballistic missile called ‘artificial satellite’, it will be about seven years since February 2016.”
North Korea notified the IMO that it would launch the artificial satellite ‘Kwangmyeongsong’ between February 8 and 25, 2016, and then revised the schedule to the 7 to 14 of that month and launched it on the 7th.
Regarding North Korea’s plan to launch a satellite, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, “We will make every effort to collect and analyze information and ask North Korea to exercise strong restraint in cooperation with South Korea and the United States.” Secure a readiness posture in preparation for an unforeseen situation,” he ordered related agencies.
In April, North Korea announced that it had completed the first military reconnaissance satellite. On the 16th, Chairman Kim Jong-un gave field guidance to the project of the ‘Emergency Satellite Launch Preparation Committee’ and approved the committee’s ‘future action plan’. As a result, observations have been raised that North Korean satellites that have been prepared for loading will soon be mounted on launch vehicles and launched.
NHK analyzed, “North Korea seems to have decided on the launch schedule considering weather conditions because there is a concern that the launch of ordinary rockets may be adversely affected if bad weather is expected.”
“There have been four launches so far after North Korea announced the launch of a satellite, and two of them put something in orbit, but it is not functioning as a satellite,” he said. I see that it was,” he said.
Source: Donga
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