朝鲜宣布为即将升空的火箭注入燃料 Pyongyang Announces Fueling of Rocket for Space Shot

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11 April, 2012

朝鲜官员星期三说,他们已经开始为即将进行的太空发射向一枚火箭注入燃料,此举让朝鲜与地区邻国以及美国不断升级的对峙变得更加紧张。朝鲜发射指挥中心负责人白昌浩向一群到访的外国记者宣布了这一行动。他说,燃料此刻正在被送入火箭。外国记者星期天访问了发射基地。记者们星期三能够通过现场转播到地处偏僻的指挥中心的视频观看这一活动。
  
白昌浩还说,火箭上已经装载了一颗气象卫星;取决于天气情况,火箭将在星期四和下星期一之间的某个时间发射。视频显示,火箭顶上覆盖了一层油布,这让有关火箭装载气象卫星的说法无法得到证实。朝鲜的卫星发射计划激怒了许多邻国,许多国家认为朝鲜是以发射火箭为幌子,试验可运载核弹头的弹道导弹。

North Korean officials said Wednesday they have begun injecting fuel into a rocket for an imminent space launch, raising the stakes in an escalating standoff with its regional neighbors and the United States. Paek Chang Ho, chief of North Korea's launch command center, announced the action to a visiting group of international reporters, saying fuel was being loaded into the rocket as he spoke. The journalists, who visited the launch site Sunday, were able to view the activity by video, which was fed live to the remote command center Wednesday.
  
Paek also said a weather satellite has been installed on the rocket, which is set for launch sometime between Thursday and Monday, depending on weather conditions. The video showed a tarpaulin draped over the top of the rocket, making that claim impossible to confirm. The scheduled launch has angered many of North Korea's neighbors, which see the action as ploy to test a ballistic missile that could later be fitted with a nuclear warhead.