An article in NK News by Russian missile researcher Khrustalev Vladimir a few months ago waxed lyrical on the wonders of Kim Jong Un’s upcoming strides in space technology. In an interview with two officials of North Korea’s National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA), some light was shed on North Korea’s space ambitions. The two men describe – in very vague terms – two planned satellites: the Kwangmyongsong 2/3 and the Kwangmyongsong 4.

The first is a low orbit earth observation satellite weighing “over 100 kg,” with a resolution of “several meters.” The second is far more interesting: a geostationary