The North Korean Workers' Party of Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on the morning of the 28th that the National Space Development Bureau and the Academy of National Defense Science conducted important experiments for the development of reconnaissance satellites.
South Korean troops have revealed that North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan from the vicinity of Sunan, where the international airport is located on the outskirts of the capital Pyongyang, on the morning of the 27th, and the announcement points to this missile. It seems that.
According to the "Labor Newspaper", the experiment confirmed the characteristics, operation, and accuracy of the shooting equipment mounted on the reconnaissance satellite, and the paper contains two photographs that appear to have taken the earth from outer space. increase.
North Korea has included the development of military reconnaissance satellites in its "Five-Year Defense Plan" launched in January last year, and has revealed that a new "Five-Year Space Development Plan" has started last year. rice field.