% Q9 s3 S6 m/ c# J L 韩国国防部说，残骸已经打捞上船，并将送往相关机构研究。 h, |% s5 B; w+ p; T+ P, l* N : o1 Y- @9 `4 h 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。 0 f1 q, n6 h% K# ?" L, ]9 g- z7 |6 G/ m. n, g
朝鲜宣称这次发射火箭，成功地将该国的卫星送进了轨道。 ( c* S5 O4 f2 O0 |% w, F$ K7 g+ a& N, Z* a3 a
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# M! |8 | F& t" |: a4 y 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. 6 _8 d9 P/ D; c; t6 O; ~ 8 p& r) i9 L/ s/ ^7 ^8 t# ]) C' s 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.+ Y2 `9 h1 n5 h6 c
" a& l1 r q$ p1 s 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. ; A( F0 g- i& K* A# I 4 T4 ]+ R9 L6 I) J 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.' : c/ S; ? R; z# L ; y" n4 l1 D, O The United Nations security council have called it a 'clear violation' of UN resolutions. ) A3 s: c2 C$ _( M8 ^ e. N ) J e7 `& K* r" `2 s' r A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he "deplores" the launch.. |: @, {6 D% a" A; u q; b+ i
1 A( \; r4 p& D; t 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. & m, Z5 R1 B" s% O+ ` o* r/ e* r 8 m# u/ C( l% `7 y% ^ Norad, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, detected the launch of the missile at 7.49 p.m. ET on Wednesday. / @: `; Q& U+ H; `/ N* T& V0 x; m) O U- n3 b( v
Officials have claimed initially the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea and the second stage fell into the Philippine Sea.* G/ }/ T9 |$ I+ h' V5 d: M, {) Q( D
+ w: d1 C. Q8 J North Korea has claimed that the launch was an attempt to place a satellite into a pole-to-pole orbit.+ i8 D+ ]/ a# g$ `
9 K p+ H+ A) H/ t& |$ N, t$ V 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. ( a6 ]5 V2 f9 z s! ^, e1 D f" t/ `$ d# Z% p 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. G# _6 r& E5 W! V$ V( o3 e7 D6 A9 d& R) }$ E' Y
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'. 8 M+ Z% `/ W/ ]3 J# d5 C7 u2 ?2 I) }* N# d
China, which is North Korea's only diplomatic ally, had urged the secretive country not to go ahead with the launch.5 D: `4 t6 J1 r
% A- ^. a9 w: @6 } 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. - q5 H& n ^( J j2 I/ t0 E: a9 B* [& ]' A3 `
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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