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From Space, All Eyes on North Korea

Andrew LaVallee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 9, 2009 at 11:28 am PT

While North Korea is largely inaccessible to the rest of the world, satellite images, particularly of its missile sites, have helped analysts keep close tabs on the country’s activities. Two satellite companies, GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, say that interest in Musudan-ri, a North Korean launch site, has been at a fever pitch in recent weeks.