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Kangson enrichment site

Suspected covert uranium enrichment plant near Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un visited an enrichment facility in 2024 in a rare public photo-op.

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Kangson enrichment site · 38.9570°N, 125.6110°EGoogle Maps ↗ · Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

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Captured 8 Oct 2026

Our own images of this 5.1 km square from the European Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites: the newest clear picture, and the clearest one from each of the last 24 months. One pixel is 10 m, enough to see roads, fields, ponds and large buildings, not people.

Sentinel-2 satellite image of Kangson enrichment site, 5.1 km across, captured 8 Oct 2026
Sentinel-2 satellite image of Kangson enrichment site, 5.1 km across, captured 16 Oct 2025
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Before: 16 Oct 2025Cloud in this square: 0.04%Scene S2B_51SYD_20251016_0_L2AOpen this day in Copernicus Browser ↗After: 8 Oct 2026Cloud in this square: 0.01%Scene S2A_51SYD_20261008_1_L2AOpen this day in Copernicus Browser ↗

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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024-2026 · Copernicus Data Space · Sentinel-2 L2A COGs (AWS)

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