Will North Korea successfully launch a satellite in 2023?
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JonWharf avatar
Jon Wharfpredicted NO

Is it a satellite, or is it just dead orbital mass? No signals have been detected.

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Mqriuspredicted YES

@JonWharf Depends on the definition of satellite you're using. The moon is often described as a satellite of Earth, so a dead mass in orbit could count.

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Jon Wharfpredicted NO

@Mqrius Generally e.g. dead rocket stages aren't regarded as satellites in normal discussions.

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Mqriuspredicted YES

@JonWharf Yeah fair enough. Not sure we'll get more details on these objects any time soon though

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Mqriusbought Ṁ1,000 of YES

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JKSbought Ṁ5 of NO

In my mind, "satellite" implies that the probe be successfully placed into orbit. Does my assumption match your interpretation, and if so, how does this market resolve if it is found that DPRK's probe did not orbit the Earth at least once?

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Brian T. Edwardspredicted NO

@jks You can have a geostationary satellite.

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JKSpredicted NO

@BTE This is true. In the inertial reference frame geostationary satellites still orbit the Earth, once every 24 hours.

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JKSpredicted NO

My question has more to do with the fact that the DPRK claimed to have put a satellite into orbit, but it has yet to be verified by other parties. How are we defining "successfully" in the question? In the event that the satellite is not verified by other parties, does their claim of success mean success, or are we defining success off of whether or not it actually achieved orbit?

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DPRK space agency has a deal with Russia to put an NK cosmonaut into space, so maybe...