: n/ U6 C9 ^+ @3 e1 f( 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。 0 S0 y" J/ _/ }/ A" W% A1 J* x7 ]& T h: r; c/ i# P
韩国国防部说，残骸已经打捞上船，并将送往相关机构研究。 1 U, ]9 S( W x& l! z( u" M) B2 T/ V! M9 M
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。 6 n' `' O) n0 L2 o " r, M* O5 J# v) J, Z 朝鲜宣称这次发射火箭，成功地将该国的卫星送进了轨道。 2 w* k5 q; y8 o9 b7 }% A- f( T, z 5 x6 T& L+ O5 q, t( Z& E5 B9 W 5 K- ^3 z/ B9 U7 Y- b% \5 p, y4 D* u5 ]$ l6 B; [$ R% P( ? ) l* j5 b5 a, D6 j# \0 X8 L
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' [6 K2 X& T) p: ^ j4 X ` 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. ) T ~3 g7 z5 P0 r" v B# k
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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. # H' W& b( u2 O5 H2 N& e/ N: n$ ? P- @; Y
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. 6 F* t" i( r# A/ S 0 a* r! o) d& G6 ~+ O- b- q1 A 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.' 2 G1 { n6 W1 c; ], z/ o 0 }( b. F( f+ M% c8 h3 ? The United Nations security council have called it a 'clear violation' of UN resolutions. / c3 I5 P" v5 z& E5 C! {" P; V) {: X; N ; P3 D+ j9 Y M$ S. u- a A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he "deplores" the launch.) H1 u( B% i. z9 P w
9 Y. e& _" Y1 c6 e6 m$ X: `5 g: ^3 L 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. I) {* s! n2 }/ F3 f4 f" H8 O9 v+ i5 b; Y
Norad, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, detected the launch of the missile at 7.49 p.m. ET on Wednesday. , K1 t6 v- Z4 \, P+ G- D5 e/ M+ V 4 n% d) k/ w4 d) q Officials have claimed initially the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea and the second stage fell into the Philippine Sea.1 l' b" _ d6 ^# U: d& U( B
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North Korea has claimed that the launch was an attempt to place a satellite into a pole-to-pole orbit. 1 B- ]$ T; U7 \, y * ]( ~4 @! G, y, R7 r4 R% 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. $ | c/ G2 C6 K# h 4 f- `3 b6 \% h P, P. G& s; ` 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. d9 k3 E$ n" L% S8 ?" z5 h2 a$ ]
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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'. & `$ z, n$ j* A% y J: B2 X 1 K6 u& k4 ?: J& v) H Y% J China, which is North Korea's only diplomatic ally, had urged the secretive country not to go ahead with the launch. ) I- E/ y6 F+ c/ K 1 L' ]* L9 a7 o( _: n 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. * M) K. }9 I2 }' K5 N% x * U* x/ a8 H: }, X) r9 z 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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