DPRK conducts test of reconnaissance satellite system

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a DPRK missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 5, 2022, after DPRK fired at least one "unidentified projectile" in the country's ninth suspected weapons test this year according to the Republic of Korea's military. (JUNG YEON-JE / AFP)

PYONGYANG – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted a "reconnaissance satellite" development test on Saturday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday.

The test, carried out by the National Aerospace Development Administration and the Academy of Defence Science, confirmed the reliability of the satellite's data transmission and reception system, its control command system and various ground-based control systems, the report said.

It was the second such test in less than a week. Last Sunday, the NADA conducted a test to confirm the "characteristics and working accuracy of high definition photographing system, data transmission system and attitude control devices," according to an earlier KCNA report.  

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