After the announcement, some forces have begun slinging mud at the DPRK, interpreting the launch as a "missile test-fire".

In this regard, Kim Haeng Son, a department head of Kim Chaek University of Technology, told KCNA:

"The launch of satellite has turned to be a worldwide trend nowadays. It is not exclusive to specified nations.

Many countries and regions throughout the world make scientific researches into the use of space, applying their findings to practice.

Their abuses of the DPRK's satellite launch are construed otherwise than an undisguised intervention in a sovereign state.

The upcoming launch of Kwangmyongsong-3 entirely pertains to the sovereignty of the DPRK.

I believe that the DPRK will launch the satellite on any account, whatever they say."

Choe Kwang Guk, a vice-director of the Central Meteorological Research Institute under the Hydro-meteorological Service, said:

Right to choice rests with all nations. Space development can never be put in hands of specified nations.

Research into meteorology and hydrology badly needs a working satellite.

Thereby, we the meteorologists are greatly interested in the upcoming launch.

Nobody has a right to accuse the DPRK of its choice.