DPRK NATA's Report on Successful Launch of

Reconnaissance Satellite

Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- The National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA)
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea successfully launched the new-type carrier rocket
"Chollima-1" loaded with the reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1" at the Sohae Satellite
Launching Ground in Cholsan County, North Phyongan Province, at 22:42:28 on November 21,
Juche 112 (2023).
The carrier rocket "Chollima-1" flew normally along the preset flight track and accurately put the
reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1" on its orbit at 22:54:13, 705s after the launch.
The launch of reconnaissance satellite is a legitimate right of the DPRK for strengthening its self-
defensive capabilities and it will make a significant contribution to definitely ramping up the war
preparedness of the armed forces of the Republic in conformity with the security environment
created in and around the country owing to the enemies' dangerous military moves.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State
Affairs of the DPRK, oversaw the launch on the spot.
He was accompanied by Kim Jong Sik, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee,
and Jang Chang Ha, general director of the DPRK General Missile Bureau.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch and warmly congratulated all the
cadres, scientists and technicians of the NATA and relevant institutions on having made a great
contribution to enhancing the Republic's war deterrent and most correctly and excellently
implementing the resolution of the Eighth Congress of the WPK.
The NATA is to present to the 9th Plenary Meeting of the 8th WPK Central Committee a plan for
continuing to secure the capability to reconnoiter the south Korean region and the region of
operational interest of the DPRK armed forces by additionally launching several reconnaissance
satellites in a short span of time. -0-