North Korea’s long-range rocket site ------------------ North Korea is rebuilding a rocket launch pad and engine test facility at Tongchang-ri, according to U.S. military analysts. Satellite imagery indicates construction restarted between February 16 and March 2 --------------------- NORTH KOREA CHINA SOUTH KOREA Tongchang-ri Sohae Satellite Launching Station Yellow Sea Sea of Japan Pyongyang Demilitarised Zone Seoul 100km 60 miles --------------------- 250m 820 ft Sohae launch pad Engine test site: Structure and fuel-oxidiser bunkers reassembled Observation pavilion Sohae launch pad --------------------- Fuel-oxidiser bunkers Launch gantry Exhaust pit Railway Rail-mounted transfer building: Repairs completed on building used to assemble rockets and move them to launch gantry. Building moved to end of launch pad Sep 2018: North Korean leader Kim Jung-un pledges to allow foreign experts to observe dismantling of launch pad and missile engine test site Main processing building Support building -------------------- Sources: 38 North, Center for Strategic and International Studies © GRAPHIC NEWS 100m 328 ft