North Korea set for rocket launch soon.

N . Korea plans to start a rocket carrying some sort of satellite between December 10 and 22, a spokesman for the Korean Committee at the Space Technology said Saturday, as outlined by state-run media.

The Unha-3 rocket will launch in the Sohae Space Center in North Phyongan Province and put a "working satellite" directly into orbit, the report by the official Korean Central Information Agency said.

The planned launch is unusual as it comes during the wintertime and only months after a hit a brick wall attempt in April.

Pyongyang also states that the rocket was made to put a satellite directly into orbit, but the launch was seen by other countries as cover for any ballistic missile test and drew international condemnation.


U. S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland stated another launch "would be a highly provocative act that threatens peace and security in the community. "

It would be in direct violation the U. N. Security Council resolutions of 1718 and 1874, which North Korea is usually barred from testing ballistic missile technology, she said.
The North's failed start in April soured relations with the usa and scuppered a deal for Washington to offer thousands of tons of food aid towards North's malnourished population.

KCNA said a second version with the same Korean-made Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite might be launched this time.

Scientists and technicians have analyzed and find out the mistakes stated in April, when the rocket broke apart right after takeoff, and have worked to boost the reliability and precision with the satellite and carrier skyrocket, the news agency described.

The "polar-orbiting earth statement satellite" will blast off southward on a trajectory designed so that regions of the carrier rocket that fall over the launch will not property on neighboring nations, good news agency said.