North Korea’s first spy satellite Malligyong-1 is functioning properly. A space expert based in the Netherlands has claimed this on Tuesday. Pyongyang’s state media claimed to have taken photographs of sensitive military and political sites in South Korea, the United States and elsewhere but did not release any imagery.
Satellite of North Korea: The country’s first spy satellite is still in use. On Tuesday, a space expert from the Netherlands said that Pyongyang was successfully operating the spacecraft, albeit its exact capabilities are unknown.
Actually, even before it was launched, North Korea’s spy satellite had failed twice. However, North Korea was able to successfully launch the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit once more in November of last year.
North Korea claims – has taken pictures of these countries
Although it withheld any images, Pyongyang’s official media claimed to have taken pictures of sensitive military and political locations in South Korea, the US, and other countries. No signal has been picked up by independent radio trackers from the satellite. North Korea’s satellite appears to be operational, according to a blog post by Marco Langbroek, a satellite specialist at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
North Korea’s control over satellite
From February 19–24, the satellite attempted to raise the lowest point in its orbit from 488 km to 497 km, proving that Malligyong-1 is still functioning properly and that the satellite is in orbit around North Korea. Has control. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it had also assessed that the satellite was in orbit, but said it would not comment further on individual analyses.
Will launch three more spy satellites
On Monday, Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said the satellite shows no signs of serving any other purpose. ‘Although we cannot actually be sure at present whether the satellite successfully captured imagery,’ Langbroek wrote of Shin’s comments. This also means that as long as the satellite has fuel, North Korea will continue to function. Let us tell you that North Korea, armed with nuclear weapons, has vowed to launch three more spy satellites in 2024.
