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KCNA: DPRK to launch satellite soon

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-04-04 10:00

PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will launch its satellite soon, warning the safe navigation of airliners and ships, the official KCNA news said on Saturday.

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The preparations for launching the communication satellite have been completed, the KCNA cited the Korean Committee of Space Technology as saying.

The DPRK has declared it will launch a communication satellite sometime between April 4 and April 8. But the United States, Japan and South Korea accused it of being a cover for a test-launch of along-rang missile that could hit US territory.

Yonhap: DPRK to launch rocket soon

SEOUL -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Saturday that it will "soon" launch communications satellite Kwangmyongsong-2, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said.

"Preparations for launching 'Kwangmyongsong-2,' an experimental communications satellite, by carrier rocket 'Unha-2' have been completed at the satellite launching ground in the east coastal area of the DPRK," Yonhap quoted the Korean Central News Agency was reporting.

"The satellite will be launched soon," it said.