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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects National Aerospace Development Administration

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA).

Accompanying him were Department Director Yu Jin and Vice Department Director Kim Jong Sik of the WPK Central Committee.

The respected General Secretary was greeted on the spot by leading officials of the NADA and the Academy of Defence Science.

Comrade Kim Jong Un learned in detail, from leading officials of the NADA, about the process of scientific research and development intended to hit the goals for attainment of space defence science and technology set forth at the 8th WPK Congress and the 4th Plenary Meeting of the 8th WPK Central Committee.

After acquainting himself with the development and preparations of optical photographing equipment, video transmitter and other communication data transceivers and various kinds of sensors and devices for satellite, he heard reports on the results of the major tests recently conducted by the NADA.

He expressed his great satisfaction over the fact that they confirmed the aerospace photographing method, the operating characteristics of high-resolution photographing equipment and the reliability of image transmission system through the recent important tests.

Seeing the vertical and oblique high-resolution images on specific ground regions taken through the major tests, he highly appreciated the successes the NADA has recently made in settling the image composing and processing technology, the ability of processing a large volume of data communication, the accuracy of control command system, the technology of communication encryption, etc., true to the space development policy of the Party.

The development of a reconnaissance satellite takes an important share in attaining the five major goals for developing the defence power set forth at the 8th Party Congress, he said, stressing once again the strategic significance of the reconnaissance satellite in enhancing the war deterrent of the state and the capability of war preparedness.

He said:

Development of reconnaissance satellite is not just a scientific research work and development of means for collecting reconnaissance information but the safeguarding of independent rights and national interests, legitimate exercise of the right of self-defense and at the same time the enhancement of national prestige. It is an urgent work to perfect the preparedness against war of the country by improving war deterrent of the state, the politico-military task which brooks no delay and supreme revolutionary task which the Party and government of the DPRK regard as the most important affair.

The officials, scientists and technicians in the field of space and defense science research must wonderfully carry out the reconnaissance satellite development of Korean-style within the period set by the Party Central Committee in close unity and cooperation, true to the Party's policy on space and defense development.

The General Secretary also learned about the construction of the Academy of Space Science and a cosmic environment experiment center.

Noting that it is very important to lay a solid material and technical foundation for the field of space science research so as to attain the high sci-tech goal for space conquest set forth by our state, he stressed the need to give more state support to the space science research sector and examine the important measures for its steady development.

He noted:

Is the strategic and tactical policy of the Party concerning the strengthening of the defense capability to strictly watch and distinguish the hostile military actions against the DPRK committed by the US imperialist aggression army and its followers in and around the Korean peninsula, enhance the situation management ability and improve the rapid responding ability of the state armed forces according to the situation. To this end, he presented the militant goal for the development and operation of reconnaissance satellite to be hit during the five-year plan.

The purpose of the development and operation of military reconnaissance satellite is to render to the armed fores of the DPRK the real-time information of military actions of the US imperialist aggression army and its vassal forces in the areas of south Korea, Japan and the Pacific. The Party Central Committee fully supports the determination of the National Aerospace Development Administration to multilaterally deploy many military reconnaissance satellites in the solar synchronous polar orbit and firmly ensure the reconnaissance information collecting ability by satellite.

He expressed high expectation and belief that the space and national defence scientific research sectors would demonstrate to the full the heroic mettle of the defence scientific group remaining boundlessly faithful to the Party and revolution by rising up in the scientific and research campaign to thoroughly carry out the strategic plan of the Party Central Committee and making strenuous efforts.

Cherishing in their hearts the militant task set forth by the respected General Secretary, all the officials, scientists and technicians made a pledge of loyalty to defend the great dignity of our state with cutting-edge defence science, greatly encouraged by his deep trust that gives invincible strength.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Sohae Satellite Launching Ground

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground.

Accompanying him were Comrades Kim Jong Sik, Jang Chang Ha and other leading officials of the munitions industry and national defence scientific research sectors and officials concerned of the National Aerospace Development Administration.

Going round different parts of the ground, the respected General Secretary set forth a target for modernizing it and the detailed orientation and ways for doing so.

Comrade Kim Jong Un learned about and evaluated the present state of the ground, and advanced the task to modernize it on an expansion basis so that various rockets could be launched to carry multi-purpose satellites, including a military reconnaissance satellite, in the future. He also set forth the task for building some facilities in the launching ground.

To enable large carrier rockets to be launched there, he assigned the tasks for reconstructing on an expansion basis the launching ground zone and the facilities for the general assembly and trial gearing of rocket and for the trial gearing of satellite, establishing extra facilities for the injection and supply of fuel and modernizing parts of the launch control facility and major technical posts on an expansion basis.

He also gave detailed instructions as regards the matters arising in modernizing the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground on an expansion basis, including the matters of expanding the capacity of the engine ground jet test site, ensuring the convenience of carrier rocket transport, improving the ecological environment around the launching ground and building a grandstand in the safe zone opposite to the launching ground.

He said the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground is associated with the desire for a powerful country of the Great Leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il who gave the dream of space power, and continued:

It is the significant place where our state successfully launched two artificial earth satellites with its own efforts and technology, true to the intention of the great leaders in their lifetime. It is a noble duty of the space scientists and technicians of our Party and era to wonderfully change the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground with the great dream and ambition of our state for a space power buried like seeds into an outpost and starting line of space conquest according to the dignity of the Republic, looking far ahead into the future.

Encouraged by his teachings, the officials, scientists and technicians hardened their strong will to turn the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground into the best model suitable for the dignity and prestige of our state by devotedly carrying out the militant tasks set forth by the General Secretary, fully aware of their mission as space pioneers who should surely carry into practice the grand plan of the Party Central Committee for building a space power, true to the behest of the President and the Chairman.