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DPRK Reconfirms Success Of April Satellite Launch
Pyongyang, North Korea (XNA) May 11, 2009 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has reconfirmed that its satellite launch in early April was successful, the official news agency KCNA said Thursday. The Kwangmyongsong-2 satellite was accurately put into orbit and has sent back the melodies of "Song of General Kim Il Sung" and "Song of General Kim Jong Il," said a spokesman for the Korean Committee of Space Technology. The satellite has changed its movement under control of ground command and information it has sent back has been received and analyzed, the spokesman said in a statement quoted by the KCNA. The DPRK had earlier announced the success of the April 5 launch of the experimental communications satellite from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground in Hwadae County, North Hamgyong Province. However, some countries said the launch was a failed missile test.
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