# North Korean satellite launch

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-satellite-launch/492415>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 8, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-satellite-launch/492415 "2009-04-08T18:49:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-satellite-launch/492415/1 "2009-04-08T18:49:37Z")

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Anybody know the Straight Dope on what happened with the recent rocket test/satellite launch by North Korea? The news I’ve read has been very sketchy… N. Korea claims that the test was an unmitigated success, and everyone else claims it failed miserably. I was thinking that amateur astronomers might have been able to track the launch, and see if there is a shiny new satellite in orbit.

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-satellite-launch/492415/2 "2009-04-08T18:58:06Z")

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[http://www.northcom.mil/News/2009/040509.html](http://www.northcom.mil/News/2009/040509.html)

Short article. Short answer, nothing was tracked into orbit.