[해외자료] Sohae Satellite Launching Station: No Observable Indications of Launch Preparations

Commercial satellite imagery shows that work at North Korea’s Sohae Satellite Launching Station is progressing.

[북한] 38노스 "北서해위성발사장, 정찰위성 발사 임박 징후 없어"

(서울=연합뉴스) 황철환 기자 = 북한이 러시아의 도움을 받아 정찰위성 발사를 준비 중인 것으로 알려졌지만, 평안북도 철산군 동창리의 서해위성발사장에선 아직 발사가 임박했다고 볼 징후가 포착되지 않고 있다는 분석이 나왔다.

[해외자료] Progress at Sohae Points to Larger Space Launch Vehicles in the Future

Ongoing development at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station seen in recent satellite imagery show continued preparations to expand the facility's capabilities to host larger rocket launches... Left: Close-up view of the launch pad area.

[해외자료] New Construction at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station

As noted in ourprevious reportcovering Kim Jong-un’s March 11, 2022, inspection of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Kim likely issued orders for a modernization and development project of the launch station sometime during late 2019. The first visible signs

[해외자료] New Launch Pad and Significant Expansion Underway at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station

On May 17, 2023, North Korean state media reported on Kim Jong-un’s inspection of the Reconnaissance Satellite Launch Preparatory Committee, which is responsible for the launching of the country’s “military reconnaissance satellite No. 1.”