A new imagery report from 38North.org, a program run by Johns Hopkins’ U.S.-Korea Institute, shows activity at North Korea’s Sohae satellite launch station. New commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea probably tested a long-range rocket engine between 25 and 30 August 2013 at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station. This conclusion is based on analysis of imagery […]
Satellite imagery from 2012 acquired by Digital Globe shows the construction of Iran’s new space launch facility located in Semnan province, 40 km southeast of Shahrud. This location comes as no surprise for Iran watchers as Shahrud has been home to a missile test facility since the late 1980s, presumably constructed with Chinese and North […]
Iran reported on 09JUN13 that it opened its first space tracking center to monitor passing objects in space specifically citing overhead satellites. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who inaugurated the facility located approximately 14 miles Northeast the town of Delijan, said the center will help the country to manage “activities of satellites” but was also capable of monitoring […]
