North Korea Is Lying About Its Rocket Launch, Sat-Watchers Show [North Korea]

North Korea claims that its impending satellite launch, scheduled for this week, is merely a mission to study the country's "distribution of forests" and weather patterns. But after analyzing the satellite's potential flight paths, a network of amateur and professional spaceflight specialists have concluded that Pyongyang's claim is all but impossible. In order for the North Koreans to get a weather or observation satellite into the proper orbit, these experts say, Pyongyang would have to risk the early stages of its rockets dropping on its neighbors' and allies' heads. More »

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