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30 March 2009. Add four DigitalGlobe photos below.

10 October 2006. See DPRK nuclear test site eyeball:

http://eyeball-series.org/dprk-test/dprk-test.htm

23 June 2006 Updated.

21 June 2006


Latest satellite photo coverage and description of the launch site facilities:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/no_dong-imagery.htm

Google Maps satellite photos below apparently date from 2002.



Eyeballing
the
North Korea Missile Launch Furor

Add four DigitalGlobe photos below 30 March 2009
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This satellite image released by DigitalGlobe shows the northeast coastal Musudan-ni launch pad in North Korea on Sunday March 29, 2009. Commercial satellite imagery taken Sunday by DigitalGlobe clearly shows what appears to be a three-stage launch vehicle on the east coast launch pad in Musudan-ni on North Korea's east coast, said Tim Brown, an analyst for Globalsecurity. org.

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This DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite image taken on March 29, 2009 shows the North Korea rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, North Korea. The United States has no plans to shoot down a missile North Korea plans to launch in a test Washington sees as a step toward developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on March 29, 2009. North Korea says it will launch a communications satellite between April 4 and 8, but regional powers believe it will test a long-range missile, the Taepodong-2, which is already thought to be on its launch pad.

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DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite image taken on March 29, 2009 shows the North Korea rocket launch facility in Musudan Ri, North Korea. The United States has no plans to shoot down a missile North Korea plans to launch in a test Washington sees as a step toward developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on March 29, 2009. North Korea says it will launch a communications satellite between April 4 and 8, but regional powers believe it will test a long-range missile, the Taepodong-2, which is already thought to be on its launch pad.

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This satellite image released by DigitalGlobe shows the northeast coastal Musudan-ni launch pad, center right, and assembly building, left, in blue, in North Korea on Sunday March 29, 2009.

Captions by Associated Press
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North Korean soldiers watch USS Pueblo, which was seized by North Korean navy off the Korean coast in Jan. 1968, near Taedonggang river in Pyongyang, Thursday, June 22, 2006. North Korea's Korea News Service said the U.S. navy intelligence ship is open to the public as part of the country's anti-U.S. campaign. North Korea captured the ship, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (AP Photo/Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT ** (06/23/2006)

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A U.S. Navy E2C Hawkeye approaches the USS Ronald Reagan for landing on the deck in the "Valiant Shield" exercises in the Pacific Ocean, off Guam coast, Wednesday, June 21, 2006. Fears of North Korea's long-range missile test this week strengthens U.S.-Japan security alliance. Japan is firmly under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, and Washington bases some 50,000 troops on Japanese soil and waters. The two are progressively melding their militaries for greater cooperation. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) (06/23/2006)

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An undated photograph released by the Missile Defense Agency shows the Joint National Integration Center at Schriever Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., date unknown. The center monitors missile defense. All eyes - and ears - are on North Korea as the United States and its allies are watching from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the communist nation is preparing to test fire a long-range missile. (AP Photo/Missile Defense Agency) (6/22/06)

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In this image provided by the Missile Defense Agency, the Joint National Integration Center for the Missile Defense Agency at Schriever Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., is seen in this photo, date unknown. The center monitors missile defense. All eyes - and ears - are on North Korea as the United States and its allies are watching from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the communist nation is preparing to test fire a long-range missile. (AP Photo/Missile Defense Agency) )06/22/06)

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This undated photo provided the US Navy shows the USNS Observation Island, fitted with a special radar known as Cobra Judy that is designed to detect, track and collect intelligence data on foreign ballistic missile tests in the Pacific. All eyes _ and ears _ are on North Korea. Military and intelligence agencies of the United States and its allies are spying from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the communist nation is preparing to test fire a long-range missile that may be capable of reaching the western U.S. (AP Photo/US Navy) (06/22/06)

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In this photograph provided by Boeing, the Sea-Based X-Band Radar, a key component of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, completes sea trail testing in the Gulf of Mexico July 16, 2005. The SBX was scheduled to be homeported in Adak, Alaska, in early 2006. All eyes - and ears - are on North Korea as the United States and its allies are watching from land, air, sea and space to learn whether the communist nation is preparing to test fire a long-range missile. (AP Photo/Missile Defense Agency) (06/22/06)

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North Korea's ballistic missile Taepodong-1 blasts into the space, in this poster produced in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. The poster, made available Friday, July 9, 1999, was displayed at an exhibiton featuring North Korean posters in Tokyo. The caption at the bottom of the poster reads: "First Sound of Gunfire from Big Power." (AP Photo/Mainichi Shimbun) **CREDIT MANDATORY MAINICHI SHIMBUN **

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North Korea's Central Television on Sunday, September 5, 1999 broadcast this photo of what was described as a Taepodong -1 missile, the type of missile that stunned the world when it was test-fired in August 1998. On Thursday, Sept. 9, the communist country celebrated celebrated 51st anniversary of the founding of the nation in 1948. The photo was released Friday, September 10, by the Tokyo-based Radio Press wire service, which specializes in monitoring shortwave and satellite broadcasts in East Asia. (AP Photo/Kyodo)
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North Korean satellite rocket "Paektusan I," is test launched in an undisclosed facility somewhere in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea in this August 31, 1998 photo released by Korea News Service. Top U.S. officials confirmed that North Korea has an untested ballistic missile capable of reaching the western United States. (AP Photo/Korea News Service)

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This is an Orbview-3 satellite image provided by GeoEye showing the Taepodong missile launch complex in North Korea, called Musudan-ri, in May 2006. North Korea referred to its missile program Monday, June 19, 2006 in its official media for the first time since it apparently began preparations for a test launch, as a U.S. official confirmed the North has completed fueling a missile that is poised to fire. (AP Photo/GeoEye) ** MANDATORY CREDIT: GEOEYE; B&W ONLY; NO SALES **

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A poster showing three North Korean missiles locked on to a plane bearing the markings "Washington, Seoul, Tokyo" on it with the title of "The targets are clear!" appeared in the Dec. 19, 1998 edition of North Korea's Labor Party newspaper in North Korea. The photo was provided from the pro-North Korean news agency Korea News Service in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 8, 1998. (AP Photo/Korea News Service)

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A South Korean protester stages an anti-U.S rally opposing a plan to deploy upgraded versions of anti-missile Patriot batteries in South Korea, in front of the defense ministry in Seoul, Tuesday, April 26, 2005. The plan is aimed at protecting the South from North Korean missile attacks, according to the U.S.Force Korea, adding that the South is vulnerable to air threats by the communist country.The letters on the pickets read "Opposed deployment of Patriot missile" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon).

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South Korean protesters try to pull down a fence of South Korean air unit where the U.S. military's Patriot missiles are deployed during an anti-U.S. rally opposing a plan to deploy upgraded versions of anti-missile Patriot batteries in South Korea, in front of the Air Unit in Gwangju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 15, 2005. The plan is aimed at protecting the South from North Korean missile attacks, according to the U.S.Force Korea, adding that the South is vulnerable to air threats by the communist country. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Hyung Min-woo) ** KOREA OUT **

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An A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft taxis by Patriot Advanced Capability-2, the latest generation of Patriot interceptor missiles, at a Korean military air base in Suwon, south of Seoul, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. The U.S. military said Tuesday it has enhanced its air defense system in South Korea to better counter missile threats from North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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An F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter taxies down in Kun San Air Base, 200 kilometers (125 miles) southwest of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 14, 2003. At least six F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters will take part in routine joint military exercises in South Korea, U.S. military officials said. The announcement comes amid rising tensions between the United States and North Korea. On Monday, North Korea test-fired a short-range missile in what analysts said was a widely anticipated launch from a base on the country's east coast. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Cho Bo-Hee) ** KOREA OUT **

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** FILE ** Travis Sipes, an electronic technician at Crane Naval Service Warfare Center, holds a Stinger Missile Trainer during an open house at the facility in Crane, Ind., in this April 23, 2002 file photo. No one's an outcast at the global weapons bazaar. Countries with little in common, or even on opposing sides of alliances, come together in the arms trade, whether they do so openly, under the table or _ as in the case of an intercepted missile shipment from North Korea to Yemen _ hidden in a cargo of cement. At least with conventional weapons, arms experts say, if you've got the cash, you can get what you want. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, Files)

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A South Korean woman walks by displays of models of North Korea's Scud-B missile, right, and other South Korean missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, Monday, June 19, 2006. Opponents of a possible North Korean long-range missile test stepped up a diplomatic drive to stop the launch Monday, issuing a barrage of warnings to the reclusive nation and threatening retaliation if it goes ahead. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

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People pass by a branch office of Choun Tokyo Credit Union, center, a bank for a pro-Pyongyang Korean residents in Japan, in a Tokyo neighborhood where many ethnic Koreans run their business Wednesday, July 21, 1999. To dissuade North Korea from testing another ballistic missile, Japan has left untapped its most potent weapon of persuasion against Pyongyang: the massive flow of cash from North Koreans in Japan to their impoverished families back home. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

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An unidentified boy runs across a street as a helicopter releases water during the 25th Ulchi Focus Lens exercise, simulating chemical warfare involved in an attack by North Korea, in a main street of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999. Air raid sirens blared Tuesday and the military simulated a chemical attack on Seoul amid fears of a possible missile test by communist North Korea. A leader in the isolated North said the missile issue should be resolved with dialogue. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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An anti-North Korea activist beats burning mock missiles during a rally on South Korea's Liberation Day, Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 in Seoul. About 5,000 protesters burned the North Korean flag, defaced images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and called for North Korea to stop its suspected development of a nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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North Korea's missile units parade to commemorate the 60th anniversary of its People's Army at Kim Il sung Sqaure in Pyongyang in this April, 1992 photo. North Korea launched a new, more powerful long-range ballistic missile on Monday Aug. 31, 1998 that crossed over Japan s main island and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The launch comes just ahead of the convening of North Korea s new parliament Saturday for a congress expected to anoint leader Kim Jong Il as president of the reclusive communist nation. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Residents from Pyongyang, North Korea, and refugees from other areas crawl perilously over shattered girders of the city's bridge on Dec. 4, 1950, as they flee south across the Taedong River to escape the advance of Chinese Communist troops. The Chinese entered the Korean War as allies of North Korea. U.S. troops battled on the side of South Korea. Begun in June 25, 1950, the war ended on July 27, 1953, with a military demarcation line set near the 38th parallel where it started. Korea remains divided. (AP Photo/Max Desfor)

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Prisoners are flushed out by a U.S. patrol operating in North korea south of Kusong, Nov. 16, 1950. This is a Life Magazine Photo by Hank Walker. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** The USS Pueblo, shown underway at sea, was captured late Jan. 22, 1968, by North Korean patrol boats who took it into Wonsan. There were 83 men aboard the vessel. Photo was released Jan. 23, 1968, by the U.S. Defense Dept. Negotiations to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons remain in limbo, but the North Koreans are giving hints they might be ready to end another long-lingering problem with the United States by returning the captured spy ship USS Pueblo (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File)

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This U.S. Army photograph, once classified "top secret,'' is one of a series depicting the summary execution of 1,800 South Korean political prisoners by the South Korean military at Taejon, South Korea, over three days in July 1950. Historians and survivors claim South Korean troops executed many civilians behind frontlines as U.N. forces retreated before the North Korean army in mid-1950, on suspicion that they were communist sympathizers and might collaborate with the advancing enemy. The photo was located at the U.S. National Archives. (AP Photo/National Archives, Major Abbott/U.S. Army)

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In this U.S. Army photograph, once classified "top secret,'' South Korean soldiers walk among some of the 1,800 South Korean political prisoners killed at Taejon, South Korea, in July 1950, early in the Korean War. At the time, a U.S. Army colonel reported they were shot because the South Korean government feared local leftists would collaborate with the invading North Korean army. The photo was located at the U.S. National Archives. (AP Photo/National Archives, Major Abbott/U.S. Army)

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South Korean navy divers recover a North Korean submersible vessel from the seas near the South Korean port of Jinhae Wednesday, March 17, 1999. The North Korean vessel was sunk by an artillery round fired by the South Korean navy on December 18 last year after it attempted to infiltrate a crew of North Koreans into the South.(AP Photo/Yonhap)`

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Description of Facilities below from GlobalSecurity.org

Launch Pad
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Missile Assembly Building
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Launch Control
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Engine Test Facility
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