; x$ ^- H9 X0 }. x0 D# ` 韩国军方在黄海发现朝鲜火箭残骸; {' _% E1 t- ~& n5 J8 B y
3 V3 w. t3 e" z0 n( F9 B# \ 据BBC消息：韩国军方在黄海海域寻获了朝鲜「银河3」型火箭的残骸，据信该残骸是属于朝鲜周三所发射的火箭。 0 v+ ~+ ^% I/ b9 g& G3 L2 F' M# w' y ' X& U6 ^& V5 p* n ~- l1 i 韩国国防部说，残骸已经打捞上船，并将送往相关机构研究。 0 d; Y. F0 v. k- ]1 [! O" X2 J# h1 u; U( T. @
韩国的研究人员说，通过对这段长约10米、直径约1.6米的火箭残骸的研究，可以推断出该型朝鲜火箭的性能。; H1 ~& m7 o+ \1 Q! V! r
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朝鲜宣称这次发射火箭，成功地将该国的卫星送进了轨道。 ) h+ l" X; M% I& C: v' s; u! M# h7 X J9 K
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9 i8 V; k7 i7 G4 b! s& t% r0 P The satellite that North Korea claims it launched into orbit yesterday, amid allegations of long-range missile tests, is tumbling out of control, US officials have said. ' [4 N. }/ ~2 W( M* P2 A; m4 P# c7 o
Officials told NBC news said that the device is some kind of space vehicle, but that they haven't established what it is supposed to do. i1 f m) W4 O, i
l+ D* Y' k* K% l/ T9 k According to officials the object, which was launched at 7.49 p.m. ET on Wednesday, has an unstable trajectory and could crash land back to earth.9 z0 A6 d+ M: P2 u9 a
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Whilst seemingly admitting the object is a space vehicle, the US continued to condemn what they called a rocket launch, calling it a 'provocative act.'( v1 Y& b/ a2 N5 O$ [1 I% P3 E
h% ~; U, n9 l, _ The United Nations security council have called it a 'clear violation' of UN resolutions.0 c e1 @" C/ v, S' n: k, I
- k* t) E l* X) b A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he "deplores" the launch.7 `* X0 T! T' z. C$ S& m% ^: L
, I( _9 U( r- `# b It is thought that the problems with the unidentified object, which North Korea claims is a weather satellite, could cause it to collide with other orbiting vehicles, or indeed come crashing back to back down earth. + s' d4 y! a, V1 ~. v) i2 d/ F, D) Q% ~9 @6 ?6 x
Norad, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, detected the launch of the missile at 7.49 p.m. ET on Wednesday. 9 R( L; e- p7 d$ ?5 F; n' E- H9 Y* y
Officials have claimed initially the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea and the second stage fell into the Philippine Sea.+ w5 \7 [- U" {+ a+ S
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North Korea has claimed that the launch was an attempt to place a satellite into a pole-to-pole orbit.4 Z" A4 t' ?8 X9 k. ]6 d' T7 u/ h
8 t9 \9 g; t0 T; H1 m# \ The official KNCA news agency said the rocket was launched from Sohae Satellite Launch Center and that the Kwangmyongsong weather satellite went into orbit as planned. 0 _6 s8 e4 A8 }: N) ~- |; u1 r' ^) @
US officials, who have not yet identified what the object actually was, have claimed the launch was a thinly veiled attempt to test a three-stage ballistic missile with the ability to hit the US West Coast. 6 [8 R0 m& ?( T4 h: [5 w5 p; {7 }) r / z* k/ a9 f3 h/ {2 y2 R, c William Hague MP, the British Foreign Secretary, was also among the international figures who described the launch – which defied a world ban on ballistic missile tests – as 'provocative'.& G. D, U2 R* _* G& Z* i
: ]3 I& y7 ]# ~1 ]( n3 ] China, which is North Korea's only diplomatic ally, had urged the secretive country not to go ahead with the launch. ) C" O9 \/ Q5 z) a" u m( ~6 G+ k6 ?+ Y* _5 x" w
Today, Russia added to the international condemnation that greeted the launch: "The new rocket launch carried out by North Korea flaunts the opinion of the international community, including calls from the Russian side," it said.0 b0 F# S' X5 g& G
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In 2009 a one-ton Russian satellite with a nuclear reactor collided with a 1200-pound American orbiter over Siberia. The resultant debris was as large as a school bus and reentered the atmosphere. It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean
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