DPRK announces its plan to launch satellite Ryu Gum Chol, deputy director of the space development department of the Committee for Space T...

DPRK announces its plan to launch satellite

Ryu Gum Chol, deputy director of the space development department of the Committee for Space Technology, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), speaks at a press conference in Pyongyang, April 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Li)

Paek Chung Ho (R), an official from the Committee for Space Technology of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), speaks at a press conference in Pyongyang, April 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Li)

Ryu said that the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite will be dropped in the designated orbits. The DPRK announced its plan to launch the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite, an earth observation satellite, between April 12 and 16 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of DPRK founder Kim Il Sung.