Unix Timestamp: 1238889600
Sunday, April 5. 2009, 12:00:00 AM UTC

North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command report that North Korea's Bright Star-2 communications satellite did not reach Earth's orbit. //www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/05/north.korea.rocket/index.html (CNN)

North Korea launches the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket, prompting an emergency meeting ofmdashbut no official reaction frommdashthe United Nations Security Council.