[China's best pupil: Part10] North Korea's Unha-18 Manned Space Launcher

[Galactic Penguin SST]

[China's best pupil: Part10] North Korea's Unha-18 Manned Space Launcher

China's CZ-2F Manned Space Launcher

Spoiler: Links

http://www.spacechina.com/n25/n148/n282/n4820/c487074/part/487079.jpg
http://www.spacechina.com/n25/n148/n282/n4820/c487074/content.html

▲ 发射“神十”的长二F火箭

Spoiler: Links

http://img1.gtimg.com/1/104/10437/1043705_1200x1000_0.jpg
http://cd.qq.com/a/20100929/001964_1.htm

▲ 长征二号F运载火箭在研制中

Spoiler: Links

http://img1.gtimg.com/1/104/10437/1043720_1200x1000_0.jpg
http://cd.qq.com/a/20100929/001964_14.htm

▲ 神舟七号飞船上方小卫星。

Spoiler: Links

http://img1.gtimg.com/1/104/10437/1043713_1200x1000_0.jpg
http://cd.qq.com/a/20100929/001964_9.htm

▲ 长征二号F火箭垂直转运。

Spoiler: Links

http://img1.gtimg.com/1/104/10437/1043714_1200x1000_0.jpg
http://cd.qq.com/a/20100929/001964_10.htm

▲ 2008年9月25日21时，神舟七号飞船满载国人的希冀一飞冲天。

Spoiler: Links

http://www.spacechina.com/n25/n146/n238/n12985/c15104/part/1044011.jpg
http://www.spacechina.com/n25/n146/n238/n12985/c15104/content.html

▲ 长征二号F（CZ-2F）由中国运载火箭技术研究院研制，是在长征二号捆（CZ-2E）火箭的基础上，按照发射载人飞船的要求，以提高可靠性、确保安全性为目标研制的运载火箭，可靠性超过97%（置信度0.7），是目前我国现役运载火箭中起飞质量最大、长度最长的火箭，主要用于发射神舟飞船和大型目标飞行器到近地轨道。

火箭全长58.4米，一、二子级直径3.35千米，起飞质量约480吨，可以把8.8吨的有效载荷送入近地点200千米、远地点350千米、倾角42°的地球近地轨道。


Following are some of the major facts and figures about Shenzhou-5 spacecraft

1. The spacecraft was 8.86 meters in total length, and weighed 7,790 kilograms;

2. Its re-entry module, with a diameter of 2.5 meters, has a volume of six cubic meters;

4. Fifty-five latest technologies were used for the first time to build the Long March CZ-2F carrier rocket that sent Shenzhou-5 into space;

5. The rocket had a liftoff mass of 479.8 tons, and the rocket and the craft atop it measure 58.3 meters in height;

6. Shenzhou-5 flied a circular orbit 343 kilometers over the Earth after the orbit shift;

7. It took about 90 minutes for Shenzhou-5 to make a single circle round the Earth, and it stood the test of a temperature gap as great as 180 degrees centigrade in orbit;

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2003-10/17/content_6199523.htm

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Tentative Assessment On A Future North Korean Manned Space Launcher

Note: This earlier assessment is based on various sources on the internet, and might not be accurate.

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April 8, 2012

Mr. Jang Myong Jin noted that the DPRK plans to launch a 400 metric tonnes booster in the future

http://www.wetgeo.com/webboard_detail.php?webID=1116

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Choson Sinbo, April 10, 2012 Press Release

The Second Space Development Five-Year Plan starting in 2017, will see more advanced space developments. In April 8, 2012, the general manager of Sohae SLC declared that North Korea "will launch a geostationary satellite in the near future", and that North Korea "will launch manned spacecrafts". To this end, Sohae was also designed to support very large 400t-class rockets.

http://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=101028

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07-03-2012

The Iranian satellite carrier Safir-2A is the first version of Safir-2 with the name of Simorgh [Korean name: Unha-2/3]. Its length is 26 m, its diameter is around 2.5m and its mass is around 86 tons. Its thrust is around 143 tons. It can put 100 kg satellites into 500 km altitude orbits.

The next step is Safir-3A or Sepehr and Safir-3B or Sarir that can put 1,000 kg satellites into 1,000km altitude orbits. By adding micro thrusters and several side boosters, the Sarir heavy launcher can put payloads into 36,000 km altitude orbits. It is expected to be build during the fifth development program of the country.

Source: "Sorayya" weekly TV program, 90 MB in 3gp format and around 70 minutes.
Download: http://parsaspace.com/files/6280464884/?c=1138

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1367661&page=34

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Older Korean artistic depiction of a future heavy launcher

Spoiler: Links

https://www.wetgeo.com/webboardImages/201204/WEBBOARD-fa091598820.jpg
http://www.wetgeo.com/webboard_detail.php?webID=1066

▲ Artistic conception of a larger North Korean rocket, unknown creation date, published on the internet circa before April 2012.

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New official artistic depiction of a future heavy launcher

Picture from 2009 Arirang Mass Games showing probably for the first time ever an unknown uprated launcher with four strap-on rocket boosters!

Seemingly a future man-rated heavy launcher, as a launch abort escape tower is clearly visible atop the launcher.

The length of the strap-on rocket boosters are less than a third of the total rocket length. Rocket possibly made of 3 stages; alternately made of two stages plus a manned spacecraft with Re-entry Vehicle, Service Module and Orbital Module in shroud.

Videos also show the rear bottom part of the launcher, revealing the exact number of rocket engines in the first stage...

In a nutshell, this new launcher might be very similar in conception and performance with the Chinese CZ-2F.

Spoiler: Links

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6044/6999398963_e48b670118_z.jpg
http://sujinyan.com/2012/04/03/the-dprk-in-space/

▲ Picture from 2009 Arirang Mass Games

Spoiler: Links

https://img.gawkerassets.com/img/193tsn3dgue5fjpg/original.jpg
http://www.ali213.net/news/html/2014-7/109400_4.html

▲ Korean artistic depiction of Chinese spaceflight as a role model, circa before 2008.


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04 Feb 2013

From Uriminzokkiri video chanel, "Riding Unha-9" featuring the Kwangmyongsong-21 spaceship

Spoiler: Links

https://himg2.huanqiu.com/attachment2010/2013/0205/20130205092123333.jpg
http://mil.huanqiu.com/gt/2013-02/2682390_3.html

▲ 04 Feb 2013. From Uriminzokkiri video chanel, "Riding Unha-9"

Spoiler: Links

https://himg2.huanqiu.com/attachment2010/2013/0205/20130205092124878.jpg
http://mil.huanqiu.com/gt/2013-02/2682390_6.html

▲ 04 Feb 2013. From Uriminzokkiri video chanel, "Unha-9 LV and Kwangmyongsong-21 spaceship separation"

Spoiler: Links

https://himg2.huanqiu.com/attachment2010/2013/0205/20130205092121236.jpg
http://mil.huanqiu.com/gt/2013-02/2682390.html

▲ 04 Feb 2013. From Uriminzokkiri video chanel, "Kwangmyongsong-21 spaceship "


http://mil.huanqiu.com/gt/2013-02/2682390.html

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Spoiler: Links

https://07.imgmini.eastday.com/mobi...35115_ff8957ede4e26f33fe2e415331af14d5_4.jpeg
http://mil.eastday.com/a/170407135115386-2.html

▲ Starting from 2013, generic depiction of North Korean [future] launcher widely spread in Chinese media.

Spoiler: Links

http://

▲ Screen capture from Arirang Mass Games 2013, emphasising new rocket evolutionary path, toward horizontal parallel clustering of strap-on boosters, in opposition with all previous mediatic representations of longilineal rockets, made only of vertically stacked stages.
Very stylized shorter and thickset 2 stages launcher, with 4 strap-on boosters, thus consistent with previous assessment on a Chinese CZ-2F-type convergent evolution.

Spoiler: Links

http://www.dprktoday.com/content/photo/2017/20170603-pt1-4.jpg
http://www.dprktoday.com/index.php?type=42&no=10197

▲ June 2 (KCNA) -- A national exhibition of children's science fictions and models-2017 opened with due ceremony at the Sci-Tech Complex on Friday to mark the 71st anniversary of the Korean Children's Union.
Left poster: Flying along a Korean astronaut, another rocket with 4 smaller side boosters attached to the main core booster, as depicted for childrens.

Spoiler: Links

Video Published on Jul 8, 2017 from the national exhibition of children's science fictions and models-2017:

▲ Video Published on Jul 8, 2017. At T=0m41s: rocket with 4 smaller side boosters.

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First description of a North Korean CZ-2F-type rocket

2016/09/26

Since North Korea has mastered technologies for developing rocket for a long time, it will not be difficult to build a powerful rocket by attaching to the rocket's first stage, four strap-on boosters powered by four Paektusan-1 liquid fuel engines.
North Korea will be able to complete such a powerful rocket in the next few months.

http://www.jajusibo.com/sub_read.html?uid=29662&section=sc38

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Spoiler: Links

https://i.imgur.com/D5SMkXv.jpg
http://

▲ Artistic depiction of the North Korean Unha launchers family



See also

• [China's best pupil: Part1] North Korea to reenact the DF-5 ICBM first ever full range test flight

• [China's best pupil: Part2] North Korea's Underground Great Wall

• [China's best pupil: Part3] North Korea's Indigenous Fighter Aircraft

• [China's best pupil: Part4] Korea's First Manned Propelled Flying Vehicle

• [China's best pupil: Part5] North Korea's Rare Earth Reserves

• [China's best pupil: Part6] North Korea's Crude Oil Reserves

• [China's best pupil: Part7] North Korea's Recoverable Capsule

• [China's best pupil: Part8] North Korea's Manned Spacecraft

• [China's best pupil: Part9] North Korea's Unha-9 Space Launcher

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

New image of a manned launcher with strap-on rocket boosters


Official depiction of a manned launcher with strap-on rocket boosters taken from the Pyongyang Sci-Tech Complex, in the section dedicated to spaceflight, published October 2017.
Note the portholes at the upper stage of the launcher, indicating a manned rocket. The strap-on rocket boosters are limited to two though, in the way the Safir-2B is represented.

Spoiler: Links

https://defence.pk/pdf/attachments/img_4328-jpg.460561/?temp_hash=b4a86442e6b97a51b84cc45badf4a6be
https://exploredprk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_4328.jpg
https://exploredprk.com/photos/sci-tech-complex-2/

▲ North Korean manned launcher with strap-on rocket boosters taken from the Pyongyang Sci-Tech Complex, in the section dedicated to spaceflight, published October 2017.

Spoiler: Links

https://defence.pk/pdf/attachments/upload_2017-8-16_12-14-32-png.418903/
http://
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/iranian-space-program.291303/page-75#post-9765114

▲ Safir-2 space launchers family

Spoiler: See also in The China's best pupil series

• [China's best pupil: Part1] North Korea to reenact the DF-5 ICBM first ever full range test flight

• [China's best pupil: Part2] North Korea's Underground Great Wall

• [China's best pupil: Part3] North Korea's Indigenous Fighter Aircraft

• [China's best pupil: Part4] Korea's First Manned Propelled Flying Vehicle

• [China's best pupil: Part5] North Korea's Rare Earth Reserves

• [China's best pupil: Part6] North Korea's Crude Oil Reserves

• [China's best pupil: Part7] North Korea's Recoverable Capsule

• [China's best pupil: Part8] North Korea's Manned Spacecraft

• [China's best pupil: Part9] North Korea's Unha-9 Space Launcher

• [China's best pupil: Part10] North Korea's Unha-18 Manned Space Launcher

• [China's best pupil: Part11] North Korea's Reusable Space Launcher

• [China's best pupil: Part12] North Korea's First Astronaut Selection

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

@Galactic Penguin SST Manned space launch? I hope this is real. More hints?

As real as the Shuguang-1, Quanjunban-1 (千钧棒一号飞船), and CZ-2F bro!

But before there is a suborbital launcher based on the Hwasong-15 ICBM, able to place a 1.8 tons single seater crewed 'E1' capsule above the Karman line, at some 120 km altitude. And much more powerful than the U.S. 1960s Redstone-Mercury rocket.

Then there is the orbital launcher Unha-9A/E1 with a single seater crewed capsule, that can place an astronaut above 220 km altitude LEO.

http://archive.ph/Ha5TW/70f3557d22c104794a2e8a9eef4e163a29c1e940.png ; https://archive.ph/Ha5TW/82ec45505c6bfff64a2c1e7eb92743275ff54aad/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20191231005858/https://i.imgur.com/1EQrjoa.png
▲ 1. U.S. Redstone-Mercury, North Korean Hwasong-15 and Unha-9, Turkish DeltaV's SLV and Roketsan's Simsek, Japanese Interstellar Technologies' Zero, Iranian Safir-1D.


The obligatory annual new year's hint

Third occurrence of a depiction of a launcher with two strap-on rocket boosters.

Seen in the performance of schoolchildren "Snow Falls with Blessing by Mt Paektu on New Year's Day" for Juche 109 (2020) that was given at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace on Wednesday.


Commentary

This launcher is not to be confused with the Safir-2B, an upgraded version of the Iranian Safir-2A (Simorgh) with two additional strap-on rocket boosters.

http://archive.ph/xXlEC/d7a7fc67c8b4d78aebd355960804c8b11ea4056f.png ; https://archive.ph/xXlEC/03f4d45d36655a4c252d0a6ba5ac2fb9c4f25fcc/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200103031814/https://i.imgur.com/JpdqGph.png
▲ 2. Screen capture from video of an Iranian Safir-2 with two strap-on rocket boosters. Seemingly called Safir-2B.


The difference is that this Unha-9 has a second stage of the same diameter as the first stage (both ~3 meters diameter).

Thus called Unha-9B for more clarity.

Meanwhile, the Unha-9B with two additional strap-on rocket boosters could be called Unha-9C.

And the ultimate evolution with four additional strap-on rocket boosters could be called Unha-9D; with an additional 3 seaters manned spcecraft, the rocket corresponding technically to the Unha-9E but officially called Unha-X. But due to the bad luck in East Asian culture (十 sounds like 死), I renamed it Unha-18 for the lucky number (1 plus 8 equals 9).

http://archive.is/G56CH/bf276af4075a893f1bfc1d6cca49baefc2bd2bd7.jpg ; https://archive.is/G56CH/827e4fec08826ce3ca1a1d98a8b2b81eaa9b6414/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200103025453/https://i.imgur.com/U9qSP8n.jpg ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200102014311/https://dprktoday.com/view/42/17477/0/0/0/k ; http://archive.ph/cHDrX ; https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49313486836_5a5cf8c6b7_c.jpg ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/dprktoday/49313486836/ ; https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49313693962_434dd6d9cc_c.jpg ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/dprktoday/49313693962/
▲ 3. Third occurrence of a depiction of a launcher with two strap-on rocket boosters. Seen in the performance of schoolchildren "Snow Falls with Blessing by Mt Paektu on New Year's Day" for Juche 109 (2020) that was given at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace on Wednesday.

 

[powastick]

As real as the Shuguang-1, Quanjunban-1 (千钧棒一号飞船), and CZ-2F bro!

But before there is a suborbital launcher based on the Hwasong-15 ICBM, able to place a 1.8 tons single seater crewed 'E1' capsule above the Karman line, at some 120 km altitude. And much more powerful than the U.S. 1960s Redstone-Mercury rocket.

Then there is the orbital launcher Unha-9A/E1 with a single seater crewed capsule, that can place an astronaut above 220 km altitude LEO.

http://archive.ph/Ha5TW/70f3557d22c104794a2e8a9eef4e163a29c1e940.png ; https://archive.ph/Ha5TW/82ec45505c6bfff64a2c1e7eb92743275ff54aad/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20191231005858/https://i.imgur.com/1EQrjoa.png
▲ 1. U.S. Redstone-Mercury, North Korean Hwasong-15 and Unha-9, Turkish DeltaV's SLV and Roketsan's Simsek, Japanese Interstellar Technologies' Zero, Iranian Safir-1D.


The obligatory annual new year's hint

Third occurrence of a depiction of a launcher with two strap-on rocket boosters.

Seen in the performance of schoolchildren "Snow Falls with Blessing by Mt Paektu on New Year's Day" for Juche 109 (2020) that was given at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace on Wednesday.


Commentary

This launcher is not to be confused with the Safir-2B, an upgraded version of the Iranian Safir-2A (Simorgh) with two additional strap-on rocket boosters.

http://archive.ph/xXlEC/d7a7fc67c8b4d78aebd355960804c8b11ea4056f.png ; https://archive.ph/xXlEC/03f4d45d36655a4c252d0a6ba5ac2fb9c4f25fcc/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200103031814/https://i.imgur.com/JpdqGph.png
▲ 2. Screen capture from video of an Iranian Safir-2 with two strap-on rocket boosters. Seemingly called Safir-2B.


The difference is that this Unha-9 has a second stage of the same diameter as the first stage (both ~3 meters diameter).

Thus called Unha-9B for more clarity.

Meanwhile, the Unha-9B with two additional strap-on rocket boosters could be called Unha-9C.

And the ultimate evolution with four additional strap-on rocket boosters could be called Unha-9D; with an additional 3 seaters manned spcecraft, the rocket corresponding technically to the Unha-9E but officially called Unha-X. But due to the bad luck in East Asian culture (十 sounds like 死), I renamed it Unha-18 for the lucky number (1 plus 8 equals 9).

http://archive.is/G56CH/bf276af4075a893f1bfc1d6cca49baefc2bd2bd7.jpg ; https://archive.is/G56CH/827e4fec08826ce3ca1a1d98a8b2b81eaa9b6414/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200103025453/https://i.imgur.com/U9qSP8n.jpg ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200102014311/https://dprktoday.com/view/42/17477/0/0/0/k ; http://archive.ph/cHDrX ; https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49313486836_5a5cf8c6b7_c.jpg ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/dprktoday/49313486836/ ; https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49313693962_434dd6d9cc_c.jpg ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/dprktoday/49313693962/
▲ 3. Third occurrence of a depiction of a launcher with two strap-on rocket boosters. Seen in the performance of schoolchildren "Snow Falls with Blessing by Mt Paektu on New Year's Day" for Juche 109 (2020) that was given at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace on Wednesday.

Or is it could just be an ICBM test to troll Trump?

 

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Or is it could just be an ICBM test to troll Trump?

These are not cheap rockets that you can test willy nilly whenever you feel like it.

Thanks for the updates @Galactic Penguin SST.

Let's see what happens in the next two months, whether NK can truly become the 4th nation to put a man in space.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

These are not cheap rockets that you can test willy nilly whenever you feel like it.

Thanks for the updates @Galactic Penguin SST.

Let's see what happens in the next two months, whether NK can truly become the 4th nation to put a man in space.

To become the 4th nation to put a man in space is technically feasible by many nations, all a suborbital flight requires is only a small space launcher able to put 50 kg in LEO!

The Hwasong-15 ICBM is overpowerful for that mission. But, for the following orbital flight, it requires a payload capacity of 1.8 tons in LEO, the mass of the E1 capsule.

Nonetheless, according to the latest development, India will probably not be able to launch a man in LEO before 2024...


Two major hints indicating an imminent launch. Plus a third minor hint.

• First, the termination sometime before 12th January 2020 of at least 3 accounts by youtube, that were known to upload North Korean contents:

1. Chosun Central TV -- 조선중앙TV
2. 붉은별 TV [NEW] 红星TV (Red Star)
3. DPRKtoday

This kind of repeated censorship is always correlated with some major geopolitical development related to North Korea.

• Second, the fourth known release of a photo from a wall painting found in the Pyongyang Sci-Tech Complex, in the section dedicated to spaceflight, and representing a rocket with two strap-on rocket boosters. With three children, indicating enough room for 3 future astronauts:

http://archive.is/OILrJ/888fd10edf54db0d9cd467e4145fd545760d7a85.jpg ; https://archive.is/OILrJ/f6e63fc3f2e889b4cb86634ce20c5558a5d0f968/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200112...com/c855732/v855732611/1c7db5/hvdns4jvBug.jpg ; https://vk.com/photo469579262_457337260?rev=1 ; https://vk.com/wall469579262_11562
▲ 1. Picture of a rocket with two strap-on rocket boosters, Pyongyang Sci-Tech Complex. 11th January 2020. Uriminzokkiri Uri.

• Third, the upload of a very ancient animated movie, possibly from the 1980s or even 1960s, that depicts a manned rocket with four strap-on rocket boosters. The same rocket was reprinted and displayed in recent years on several occasions, such as the national exhibition of children's science fictions and models 2017. Same number of four portholes as the above rocket:

http://archive.ph/UlvT5/30ce9c66d95244fa45ce759fefaa158076b27843.png ; https://archive.ph/UlvT5/b04859325b3e8c847d88eb00ab72a330e7aa280c/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200112142101/https://i.imgur.com/xfjx0by.png ; https://vk.com/wall469579262_11526 ; 령리한 너구리 (28) 우주려행길에서 ; Uriminzokkiri Uri ; 8 Jan at 1:52 pm
▲ 2. Screen capture from animated movie 'Smart racoon (28) Space ride', of a manned rocket with four strap-on rocket boosters. Video uplaoded 8 Jan at 1:52 pm; Uriminzokkiri Uri

http://archive.ph/3RWNX/84c2db7b8c549ad15746b8f2465d72d6ea7244e4.png ; https://archive.ph/3RWNX/fd0bdf3afe10d68c99b72d17702756b5e90ae413/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200112143013/https://i.imgur.com/d7LVZk0.png ; https://vk.com/wall469579262_11526 ; 령리한 너구리 (28) 우주려행길에서 ; Uriminzokkiri Uri ; 8 Jan at 1:52 pm
▲ 3. Screen capture from animated movie 'Smart racoon (28) Space ride', of a manned rocket with four strap-on rocket boosters. Video uplaoded 8 Jan at 1:52 pm; Uriminzokkiri Uri

 

[powastick]

50 kg in LEO!

50 kg is possible if you intend to send a dead person without life support and re entry vehicle.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

50 kg is possible if you intend to send a dead person without life support and re entry vehicle.

50 kg payload in LEO means a couple of 1000 kg payload in a suborbital flight.
50 kg payload in LEO is precisely the capacity of the Iranian suborbital manned rocket Safir-1D.

And this shows once again that all spacefaring nations have the potential to send an astronaut in a suborbital 120 km altitude flight.

Including the Taiwanese Tispace company's Hapith-V rocket! But with Tsai Ing Wen as President, forget it.

Indeed, only those few nations endowed with the most iron-willed heaven-sent leadership could make it: Kim Jong Un, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.



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Small clarifications

Clever Raccoon Dog

'Clever Raccoon Dog' also known as 'The little bear' (Korean: 령리한 너구리) is a North Korean animated television series produced by SEK Studios which aired on North Korean state television. The series was produced for a number of years and features both old and new animation style, depending on the production year of each episode.

Each episode has a scholastic element or a particular message, focusing on matters as scientific information, road safety, commitment to sport and contests, among others. The first 26 episodes (episode 2 ~ 27) are co-produced with the French animation studio Col.Ima.Son and P.M.M.P.

Original release in 1987.

In the late 2000s, it was dubbed into English by Mondo TV as 'The Little Bear'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Raccoon_Dog

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New hint with episode 60/63 '은빛행성에서' (In a silver planet), where a manned rocket is depicted with 7 portholes and again 4 boosters.

http://archive.is/NU2eO/f7d1209503565abc7f62d9b83977d8b028cfb9d2.png ; https://archive.is/NU2eO/52fba13e8595b7e5029970a572a4bfce31e99776/scr.png ; http://web.archive.org/web/20200113122247/https://i.imgur.com/1ajVgbh.png ; https://dprktoday.com/view/24/9408/7/0/0/k ; 령리한 너구리 (60) 은빛행성에서
▲ 1. Screen capture from animated movie 'Clever Raccoon Dog (60) In a silver planet', of a manned rocket with four rocket boosters.

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▲ 2. Screen capture from animated movie 'Clever Raccoon Dog (60) In a silver planet', of a manned rocket with four rocket boosters.

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▲ 3. Screen capture from animated movie 'Clever Raccoon Dog (60) In a silver planet', of a manned rocket with four rocket boosters.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Color?

How about a nice bright pink colour?

Or for Uzi do it in the Israeli flag's colour scheme.

Coincidence? I think not!

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▲ 1. Third occurrence of a depiction of a launcher with two strap-on rocket boosters. Seen in the performance of schoolchildren "Snow Falls with Blessing by Mt Paektu on New Year's Day" for Juche 109 (2020) that was given at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace on Wednesday.

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▲ 2. Safir SLV family speculation, as of February 2020.

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

@Galactic Penguin SST Manned space launch? I hope this is real. More hints?

These are not cheap rockets that you can test willy nilly whenever you feel like it.

Thanks for the updates @Galactic Penguin SST.

Let's see what happens in the next two months, whether NK can truly become the 4th nation to put a man in space.

The shortest way is a suborbital flight, by April 2022 with a Hwasong ICBM and Chollima (千里马号) capsule, similar in difficulty to the U.S. Mercury capsule on top the Redstone missile!

By then Iran would have tested a number of these "E1" manned capsules. As 5 have already been built in 2020. If a total of 7-8 are deemed to be a standard safety margin, before any new capsule could be man-rated (China only tested 4 before the manned Shenzhou-5), then North Korea only needs to launch about 2 unmanned capsule before its manned attempt!

Nothing comparable to the extravagant and fallacious Indian kamikaze strategy of only 2 unmanned launches before the ultimate manned flight!

Mercury-Redstone 3, or Freedom 7, was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard.

A flight that occurred only 3 years after the first U.S. satellite Explorer 1 on 1st February 1958 by a Juno rocket of the same Redstone family rocket.

As the Hwasong-15 ICBM was first tested on 28 November 2017, following the U.S. logic, the first North Korean manned suborbital flight should be possible by December 2020!


The first American orbital spaceflight took place on 20 February 1962, that is a year after the first suborbital flight.

The human-rated Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle was derived from the SM-65D Atlas ICBM, and saw its first flight on 14 April 1959.

The first U.S. human orbital flight followed only 3 years after.

By the U.S. standard, the man-rated Unha-9E2 SLV should place a single North Korean astronaut into orbit by 2024, if the maiden flight of the Unha-9 SLV made of the Hwasong-16 ICBM as first stage and Hwasong-15 ICBM as second stage is tested next year (2021).

The Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle is 28.7 meters in height with a diameter of 3 meters. It has a liftoff mass of 129 tonnes.

It develops more than 1'880 kN of thrust at lift off with its main engine and 2 boosters combined.

The Unha-9 SLV is not in the same class with a diameter of ~3 meters, a height of 45 meters, and a much higher liftoff thrust of 3'520 kN.

Indeed, the Unha-9 SLV is in the class of the CZ-2 SLV, and the next U.S. manned space launcher, the Titan II, for twin seater Gemini spacecraft.

The upgrade of the Unha-9 SLV with another 4 liquid propellant strap-on boosters will double the payload capacity, similar to the CZ-2F upgrade.

The launcher known as Safir-4 in Iran or Soroush-2 SLV should be man-rated before the end of this decade to carry the 3 seaters orbital spacecraft "Mallima" (万里马号).

Another step closer to space with the latest North Korean milestone: the unveiling of its future manned orbital launcher, the Unha-9 SLV!

In two parts, with the first stage as the Hwasong-16 ICBM and the second stage as the Hwasong-15 ICBM.

A launcher that could within 5 years place its first single seater spacecraft into LEO!

Timeline

• April 2022, the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong Un's official titles as first secretary of the KWP, chairman of the Central Military Commission, and chairman of the NDC. First suborbital flight of 190 km altitude, first astronaut launched by a Hwasong-15 SLV.

• 2024: first single astronaut orbital flight at 220 km altitude LEO, launched with Unha-9 SLV.

• 2025: first single astronaut spacewalk, 220 km altitude LEO, with Unha-9 SLV.

• 2029: first 3 astronauts mission launched at 350 km altitude LEO with Unha-XE2 SLV.

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▲ 1. 2024 milestone: first single astronaut orbital flight at 220 km altitude LEO, launched with Unha-9 SLV.

Which Nation Will Be The 4th To Join the Elite Club of Spacefaring Nations?

Why Japan and Europe not included in the vote. Though I voted for India would have preferred Japan if it's on the list... Why Japan and Europe not included in the vote. Though I voted for India would have preferred Japan if it's on the list...

defence.pk

正经能用的已开始亮相了。

银河九号类似长征二号甲运载火箭。

朝鲜五年内，在银河九号的技术基础上发展的最新银河载人航天式火箭改进型号将用于发射轨道飞行载人飞船。

朝鲜“千里马号”（천리마）E1载人航天飞船可乘坐一人，类似七一四工程曙光一号飞船。

朝鲜载人航天计划

任务	发射日期	轨道高度	乘客	飞船	运载火箭
1	2022年4月 金正恩出任朝鲜劳动党委员长、 朝鲜劳动党中央军事委员会委员长、 国务委员会委员长第10周年。	190公里 亚轨道飞行	朝鲜第一位航天员	？-1号	火星-15号E1
2	2024年	220公里轨道飞行	朝鲜第一次 轨道飞行	？-2号	银河-9号E1
3	2025年	220公里轨道飞行	朝鲜第一次 太空漫步	？-3号	银河-9号E1
4	2029年	350公里轨道飞行	朝鲜第一次 三位航天员飞行	？-4号	银河-X号E2

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[Pakistan Space Agency]

The shortest way is a suborbital flight, by April 2022 with a Hwasong ICBM and Chollima (千里马号) capsule, similar in difficulty to the U.S. Mercury capsule on top the Redstone missile!

By then Iran would have tested a number of these "E1" manned capsules. As 5 have already been built in 2020. If a total of 7-8 are deemed to be a standard safety margin, before any new capsule could be man-rated (China only tested 4 before the manned Shenzhou-5), then North Korea only needs to launch about 2 unmanned capsule before its manned attempt!

Nothing comparable to the extravagant and fallacious Indian kamikaze strategy of only 2 unmanned launches before the ultimate manned flight!

Mercury-Redstone 3, or Freedom 7, was the first United States human spaceflight, on May 5, 1961, piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard.

A flight that occurred only 3 years after the first U.S. satellite Explorer 1 on 1st February 1958 by a Juno rocket of the same Redstone family rocket.

As the Hwasong-15 ICBM was first tested on 28 November 2017, following the U.S. logic, the first North Korean manned suborbital flight should be possible by December 2020!


The first American orbital spaceflight took place on 20 February 1962, that is a year after the first suborbital flight.

The human-rated Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle was derived from the SM-65D Atlas ICBM, and saw its first flight on 14 April 1959.

The first U.S. human orbital flight followed only 3 years after.

By the U.S. standard, the man-rated Unha-9E2 SLV should place a single North Korean astronaut into orbit by 2024, if the maiden flight of the Unha-9 SLV made of the Hwasong-16 ICBM as first stage and Hwasong-15 ICBM as second stage is tested next year (2021).

The Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle is 28.7 meters in height with a diameter of 3 meters. It has a liftoff mass of 129 tonnes.

It develops more than 1'880 kN of thrust at lift off with its main engine and 2 boosters combined.

The Unha-9 SLV is not in the same class with a diameter of ~3 meters, a height of 45 meters, and a much higher liftoff thrust of 3'520 kN.

Indeed, the Unha-9 SLV is in the class of the CZ-2 SLV, and the next U.S. manned space launcher, the Titan II, for twin seater Gemini spacecraft.

The upgrade of the Unha-9 SLV with another 4 liquid propellant strap-on boosters will double the payload capacity, similar to the CZ-2F upgrade.

The launcher known as Safir-4 in Iran or Soroush-2 SLV should be man-rated before the end of this decade to carry the 3 seaters orbital spacecraft "Mallima" (万里马号).




正经能用的已开始亮相了。

银河九号类似长征二号甲运载火箭。

朝鲜五年内，在银河九号的技术基础上发展的最新银河载人航天式火箭改进型号将用于发射轨道飞行载人飞船。

朝鲜“千里马号”（천리마）E1载人航天飞船可乘坐一人，类似七一四工程曙光一号飞船。

朝鲜载人航天计划

任务	发射日期	轨道高度	乘客	飞船	运载火箭
1	2022年4月 金正恩出任朝鲜劳动党委员长、 朝鲜劳动党中央军事委员会委员长、 国务委员会委员长第10周年。	190公里 亚轨道飞行	朝鲜第一位航天员	？-1号	火星-15号E1
2	2024年	220公里轨道飞行	朝鲜第一次 轨道飞行	？-2号	银河-9号E1
3	2025年	220公里轨道飞行	朝鲜第一次 太空漫步	？-3号	银河-9号E1
4	2029年	350公里轨道飞行	朝鲜第一次 三位航天员飞行	？-4号	银河-X号E2

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Your knowledge and understanding of this matter is impressive.