North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on the 6th that the National Space Development Agency and the Academy of National Defense Science conducted another important experiment on the 5th for the development of a reconnaissance satellite.
In this experiment, it is said that the reliability of data transmission / reception from satellites and command system to satellites was confirmed.
North Korea has included the development of a military reconnaissance satellite in its "Five-Year Defense Plan" launched in January last year, and the day after launching a ballistic missile on February 27, "for the development of a reconnaissance satellite." We conducted an important experiment. "
South Korean troops have revealed that North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan from the vicinity of Sunan (Sunan) on the outskirts of the capital Pyongyang on the morning of the 5th, and the altitude was about 560 km. It seems to point to a missile.