North Korea rocket appears to have broken up

[W.G.Ewald]

Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN) -- Defying warnings from the international community, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Friday, but it appears to have broken apart before escaping the earth's atmosphere, officials said.

No element of the rocket reached space, said a U.S. official, who based that conclusion on data collected by the United States from its first few moments aloft.

The failure was corroborated by a South Korean official, South Korea's Yonhap News reported.

The U.N. Security Council will meet Friday on the launch, two U.N. diplomats and a U.S. official told CNN.

North Korea rocket appears to have broken up - CNN.com

 

[Mad Indian]

Was it sabotage or poor standard of rockets received from China

 

[Yusuf]

I think a few scientist would have lost their heads to fail the great successor.

What a shame. International community can breathe easy for a while.

 

[LTE-TDD]

Haha, much better than India, at least they know where it landed.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Made in china. Junk exporter to the world

 

[Mad Indian]

Haha, much better than India, at least they know where it landed.

But of course China did make the sensors right, with good quality, just like many "good" quality made in China products

 

[LTE-TDD]

Was it sabotage or poor standard of rockets received from China

Video: Indian rocket explodes after take-off - Telegraph

 

[ajay_ijn]

North Korea rocket appears to have broken up - CNN.com

US will be relieved. South Korea, Japan are already under range of so many Nkorean missiles and they can't do anything about it, so this test really doesn't make a difference. what makes a difference is if Korea can weaponize a nuke and deploy on these missiles. Can they do that?

 

[Mad Indian]

Video: Indian rocket explodes after take-off - Telegraph

Of course, we launched the rockets and accepted the failed launch, because we had to actually test it, since we actually developed them, instead of stealing from others:taunt1:. I am Sure China "Researches" and Find out lots of things and comes right even on the very first try

 

[LETHALFORCE]

US will be relieved. South Korea, Japan are already under range of so many Nkorean missiles and they can't do anything about it, so this test really doesn't make a difference. what makes a difference is if Korea can weaponize a nuke and deploy on these missiles. Can they do that?

They have plutonium program which is advanced thanks to help from
You know who.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

The You Know Who also helped the istan, its gay partner, to develop plutonium technology

There are no boundaries in love.

 

[Yusuf]

Video: Indian rocket explodes after take-off - Telegraph

I can post space shuttle explosions. What's the point? Space science is like that.

Long March rockets have had many failures too.

Oh sorry I forgot you just have to troll to get 50 cents.

 

[lcatejas]

North Korea bought made in china but by mistake they got Fake made in china .. from China ....:taunt1:

 

[W.G.Ewald]

I think the significance of today's failure is the drama and posturing which preceded it.

 

[LTE-TDD]

Made in china. Junk exporter to the world

who make junk, open you eye, If made in China is junk, what is made in India?


All Russian, North Korean, Chinese, and Indian missiles derive from the Soviet Union. While Russian and Chinese missiles enjoy great success, Indian fails epically.

USSR - 2589 successful, 181 failed, 93.5% success rate
USA - 1152 successful, 164 failed, 87.5% success rate
EU - 117 sucessful, 12 failed, 90.7% success rate
China - 56 successful, 11 failed, 83.6% success rate
Japan - 52 successful, 9 failed, 85.2% success rate
India - 7 successful, 6 failed, 53.8% success rate


see more recent data:


Well, this is some old a$$ data, our success rate is in fact more than 94%.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Long_March_launches

 

[Yusuf]

Wow what was the success rate of all te countries after first 10 odd launches?

And check this

Main article: List of Long March rocket launches
China launched its first satellite, known as Dong Fang Hong 1 ("the East is Red"), to Earth orbit on its own Long March space rocket on April 24, 1970, becoming the fifth nation to achieve independent launch capability. Early launches had a spotty record, focusing on launching of Chinese satellites. Since 1990, Long March rocket entered the international market. However, several setbacks occurred during early 1990s. On January 26, 1995, a Long March 2E rocket veered off course two seconds after take-off from Xichang space center and exploded, killing at least six on the ground. On February 14, 1996, a similar failure during the launch of Intelsat 708. The rocket veered severely off course right after clearing the launch tower and crashed in a rural village. Following the disaster, foreign media were sequestered in a bunker for five hours while, some have alleged, the Chinese military attempted to 'clean up' the damage. Officials later blamed the failure on an "unexpected gust of wind"[1]Xinhua News Agency initially reported 6 deaths and 57 injuries. In the aftermath of the explosion, U.S. satellite makers shared information which allowed the Chinese to determine that the problem was in the welds.[2] However, this sharing of information was later deemed illegal by the United States, and U.S. satellite maker Loral Space and Communications was fined $14 million by the U.S. government in 2002, while admitting no wrong-doing.[3]

And yes you forgot India's PSLV which is 18/20 which means 90%.

Typical Chinese, hijacking a thread.

 

[ajay_ijn]

other members were accusing china of assisting, but i dunno from where India came from. mods, please clean this thread before flame war. The success rate for Indian launches is around 68%, 24 successful out of 35 launches. As technology matures, i am sure success rate will improve.

 

[Thai]

Maybe... the most reliable components of N.Korea rocket is ...Self Destruction system !

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

Haha, much better than India, at least they know where it landed.

The report says that the rocket broke apart soon after the launch, so it is not difficult to locate the rocket which broke apart soon after it is launched.

 

[sesha_maruthi27]

I think the Chinese are very good at locating only the missiles which fall apart soon after the launch. If this is he case then this shows the ability of their radars to find the enemies on their radars.