& Y! V8 d; O( s% i 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。 6 z& \+ _' j" _% F u9 ?4 a% V$ H, ~3 {8 x x
韩国国防部说，残骸已经打捞上船，并将送往相关机构研究。 ' ?& [* _; V# _1 n( Y ~5 [$ y. w1 v7 y5 ]# e( C
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。- b8 x5 Q9 \7 P( t. A# P o
$ g$ u& { l5 {8 S' d% l
朝鲜宣称这次发射火箭，成功地将该国的卫星送进了轨道。; R9 U9 q; {; k
0 t4 n0 ~/ `* c8 |4 h" E% y
- @" N# `4 V3 [7 \/ k + `1 @% {1 }" A v6 |$ r: G2 a- k7 Z# a2 Z; D) Z, A- R
) |+ ?" `9 c E0 Q: D; U7 y! S9 L3 m- q; c
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. |; ?0 W7 T% k k; w3 u! ^+ t l5 Y1 U) `* O+ v 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. . M' l1 O" A, j2 \2 m h0 A, [8 v! x 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. 0 E+ @; ~0 j' V( N& Y k' Q 3 V: e/ }' Z. W, O+ o1 b5 { 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.' 1 |* F- P4 [3 Q% ? ?. c2 w 0 g2 I! i5 p! m) u# `4 @# F The United Nations security council have called it a 'clear violation' of UN resolutions. 2 _ a" T! i% Y0 ^2 e2 v, c, n q! e8 f2 R
A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he "deplores" the launch.6 C3 j( D" w, q0 a
9 G$ B& o# r* g
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.- U G, m, V* n3 Y9 x: Z
) w( ]; ~ X& S) q C Norad, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, detected the launch of the missile at 7.49 p.m. ET on Wednesday." _! x9 Q* Q) G$ i8 D
9 |$ A( }% f3 \* K" M3 f$ ? Officials have claimed initially the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea and the second stage fell into the Philippine Sea. 9 n$ I5 a$ _" b, l- c2 i+ A; b ! C. y% Z$ X, g/ B4 ^$ C3 X) T North Korea has claimed that the launch was an attempt to place a satellite into a pole-to-pole orbit.6 D9 u0 _/ B2 I; V
) ~1 C7 X" C- Y2 A& ]4 Q: K 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., E, L. q/ K/ H1 @
# O+ E* w0 R3 m6 y& h
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.3 d6 ~! m& u. e+ n, J# T
* |/ j9 r; B- u9 \) P/ j- h8 l2 a
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'. 2 B4 Q( N( H1 t. K* y/ C6 }% @8 v8 ^. {! S; X
China, which is North Korea's only diplomatic ally, had urged the secretive country not to go ahead with the launch.: q9 i" v, S1 @1 F& P
; Y7 w/ ~8 S! w* f' K O 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. " P- l6 P3 y, X 2 Q- `. q R; t& ] 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
: G2 a- k7 Z# a2 Z; D) Z, A- R