http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/launch/ en-us Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:57:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373484/posts NKorea's latest missile tests failed: report (AFP) – 40 minutes ago SEOUL — North Korea's short-range missile tests earlier this month were a failure with none of the five projectiles reaching its target, a report said Thursday. The North test-fired five KN-02 missiles with a range of 120 kilometres (75 miles) from mobile launchers off its east coast on October 12. Radio Free Asia, quoting an intelligence source, said four of the five missed the mark and one did not even launch properly. "Two fell into the sea right after launch, another two missed the targets and the last one... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373484/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:57:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352940/posts Photographer Ben Cooper took this photo of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket launching at Cape Canaveral using a sound-activated camera. And when your camera is that close to a launch, your lens probably won't survive. The particular setup for this was sound activated. The lens was destroyed (worth it of course) but the camera survived this one despite being severed from its ratchet straps and thrown to the ground, and the sound device used for this one disconnected from the camera and thrown about 200 feet backwards into the pad perimeter fence (still worked!). All settings are preset manually. No... Gizmodo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352940/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:04:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336017/posts Best of luck to Japan: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336017/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:28:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326226/posts This is the live thread of the Space Shuttle Discovery Launch... I figure I do it now.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326226/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324102/posts The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) was created in 1961 to oversee the development and operation of the United States’ intelligence satellites. But it was not until September 1992 that the organization’s very existence was declassified. The press release making the announcement, however, omitted two key words: “satellites” and “launch”. It took several more years before the NRO actually admitted that it operated satellites and that they were launched into space, and it was not until 1996 that the NRO admitted that it actually owned a classified satellite launched atop a rocket. This seemed rather anticlimactic to anybody who paid attention,... The Space Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324102/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:12:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323846/posts No content yet. Yonhap News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323846/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:24:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323634/posts DVR GO!!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323634/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:19:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292727/posts I hope the weather is good.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292727/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291178/posts Well since I'm going to be on the road when the Shuttle launches, depending on the weather. I thought I post it now. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291178/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:07:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290844/posts Shuttle Endeavour "Go" For Launch Today CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour is "Go" to launch today, NASA said, after ground crews found no signs of damage from a lightning strike on Friday. The crews completed all the necessary check outs of the vehicle's critical systems and cleared the shuttle for lift off this morning around 9:00 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT). Endeavour is now slated to blast off this evening at 7:13 p.m. EDT (2313 GMT) from Launch Pad 39A here at Kennedy Space Center. SPACE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290844/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:37:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290582/posts The launch of US shuttle Endeavour is to be further delayed after a thunderstorm around Cape Canaveral, Nasa officials say. Blast-off has been postponed for 24 hours to allow technical teams to assess the effects of lightning strikes near the launch pad on Friday. Two previous launch attempts in June were scrapped because of a potentially hazardous leak in a hydrogen vent line. The craft is to take and install a last piece of Japan's space station lab. Lift-off had been scheduled for 1939 local time (2339 GMT). But on Friday evening, the area surrounding the launch pad was hit... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290582/posts#comment Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285791/posts (LEAD) N. Korean missile launches aimed at improving accuracy: official SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's latest missile launches appear to have been aimed at improving the missiles' accuracy, a South Korean official said Sunday, noting the launches may have provided some results. "Five out of seven missiles North Korea fired yesterday landed within the same area in the East Sea, about 420 kilometers from the launch site," the official said, asking not to be identified. "This means the accuracy of North Korean missiles is improving," the official added. North Korea is said to have about 1,000 ballistic missiles... Yonhap News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285791/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 06:46:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270904/posts NASA scrubs space shuttle launch Leak discovered while the Endeavour was being fueled CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA officials have canceled a planned Saturday launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour due to hydrogen leak. The problem is similar to one the space agency faced in March during the launch countdown of Discovery. The leak was discovered while the space shuttle was being fueled. The astronauts had not yet suited up for the planned morning launch. Earlier, NASA zipped through the final hours of its countdown and it was on track for a Saturday morning launch to the international space station. Slideshow... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270904/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:01:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263355/posts (4th LD) N. Korea gearing up to test-fire missiles on both coasts By Sam Kim SEOUL, June 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be preparing on both coasts to test-fire some of its most sophisticated ballistic missiles, stoking regional tensions already running high after its second nuclear test last week, South Korean sources said Tuesday. North Korea, which set off an underground nuclear explosion on May 25, has apparently moved an intercontinental ballistic missile to a launch site on its west coast, a South Korean lawmaker said, quoting defense officials who briefed him hours earlier. A South Korean government... Yonhap News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263355/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:12:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262664/posts /begin my excerpts N. Korea (Recently) Made 3~4 ICBM's. Ammunition supply to its navy and shore artilleries in West Sea(Yellow Sea) doubled.. practicing blitz amphibious landing. N. Korea had produced 3~4 ICBM-class missiles(or rockets) by the end of last year. This implies that N. Korea could have one or two more long-range missiles in addition to the rocket launched last April, and the one now moved to the new Dongchang-ri test launch site. In a related development, N. Korea is said to have recently instructed its navy in West Sea(Yellow Sea) to more than double its ammunition supply, and its... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262664/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 04:07:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241720/posts CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA has chosen May 11 as the launch date for its last repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, not seen up close for seven years. Space shuttle Atlantis is set to blast off then on the highly awaited 11-day flight, considered one of the most challenging yet. ... Atlantis' crew will conduct five spacewalks to replace and repair science instruments at Hubble, and install new equipment that should keep the orbiting telescope running for another five to 10 years. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2241720/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 02:09:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224611/posts Calls for Greater Missile Range for S.Korea Views are gaining ground among politicians in Seoul that South Korea needs to extend the range of its ballistic missiles now that North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket has shown its own can fly thousands of miles. South Korea is by agreement limited to missiles with a range of 300 km and a maximum payload of 500 kg. Prime Minister Han Seung-soo on Monday hinted Seoul could seek a revision of the Korean-U.S. missile agreement, saying, "Now is the time to think seriously of this matter at bilateral defense ministers' talks." The... Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224611/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 03:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224539/posts Behind North’s jubilation was anxiety Questions arise over rocket science technological advances by Pyongyang April 08, 2009 South Korean intelligence sources said there was confusion and anxiety behind North Korea’s celebratory facade after what it claimed a successful satellite launch on Sunday. An intelligence source told the JoongAng Ilbo that Pyongyang was “in a state of confusion” following the rocket launch. Officials from the United States and South Korea have said no object entered orbit, but the source said that wasn’t the reason for disquiet in the North Korean capital. According to the source, North Korean officials were on the... JoongAng Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224539/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 02:10:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224020/posts For video, click the following link and scroll down until you see a video frame and click it: http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/04/07/2009040702404.html Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224020/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:15:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222029/posts Nothing follows yet...just breaking news banner. reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222029/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 03:23:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222174/posts N. Korea keeps radars off, shies away from rocket launch: officials By Sam Kim SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has set up recording equipment but kept its radars switched off as it refrained Saturday from shooting its rocket on the first day of its official launch window, South Korean officials said. North Korea said earlier in the day through its state media that it had completed its preparations to send a satellite into orbit and would go ahead with the launch "soon." The launch, which Pyongyang professed would come between Saturday and Wednesday, did not occur, prompting neighbors... Yonhap News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222174/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 12:42:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222164/posts Russia Urges Restraint Over North Korean Rocket Launch MOSCOW (AFP)--Russia urged North Korea's neighbors Thursday to hold back from military action to counter the country's plans to test a long-range missile this week, the foreign ministry said. "We are particularly concerned by the discussed intent of several countries to destroy the North Korean rocket and Pyongyang's warning that it would take retaliatory measures," ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko told journalists Nasdaq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222164/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 12:27:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222007/posts SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said preparations to launch a communications satellite into space were complete Saturday morning, and liftoff was imminent. .. the North earlier advised international authorities would take place sometime between Saturday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (0200 to 0700GMT). "Preparations for launching 'Kwangmyongsong-2,' an experimental communications satellite, by carrier rocket 'Unha-2' have been completed at the satellite launching ground in the east coastal area," .. "The satellite will be launched soon." AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222007/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 02:35:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2221817/posts "We have made clear to the North Koreans that their missile launch is provocative, it puts enormous strains on the six-party talks and that they should stop the launch," President Obama said today. "The response so far from the North Koreans has been not just unhelpful but has resorted to the sort of language that has led to North Korea's isolation in the international community for a long time." In March, North Korea announced it would soon launch into space a missile carrying a communications satellite. But the move is being widely interpreted as a flexing of muscle -- a... ABCNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2221817/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:18:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221577/posts Wartime Operations Order Issued By Moon Sung Hwee, from Jagang in 2006 [2009-04-03 21:38 ] Starting the countdown to the scheduled rocket launch, the North Korean General Staff issued at 2 P.M. on April 1 an emergency order, “On Keeping a Wartime Operational Status,” to all military organizations and the People’s Army. A source from North Hamkyung Province said on Friday in an interview with Daily NK, “An urgent decree under the name of the General Staff of the People’s Army was issued through the military communications line, aimed specifically at the People’s Army, the People's Security Forces, the Worker’s... Daily NK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221577/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 15:58:25 GMT