North Korea Extends Launch Window

North Korea has extended for a long-rang rocket launch for a week after they found technical problems in the engine. North Korea is aiming at putting scientific satellite into orbit. As a result of the technical difficulties with the engine they have decided to extend the launch period until December 29th. This problem is not to be "a quick fix" said an engineer in the Aerospace department. There is said to be a number of reasons why Pyongyang's decision to carry out a second launch this year. This is the first attempt for North Korea to launch a rocket in the winter, the timing and preparation and the launch itself depends greatly on the weather conditions.





http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/world/asia/north-korea-rocket-launch/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2