The statement said the planned launch of an earth observation satellite in honor of the Day of the Sun will be a great auspicious event demonstrative of the fixed will of the DPRK to glorify for all ages the revolutionary exploits of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.

The proud news makes us miss Generalissimo Kim Jong Il more ardently than ever as he made the DPRK rank itself with dignity among nuclear weapons states, and led it to manufacture and launch satellites, while leading the nation's on-ward march toward 2012, it said.

The south Korean puppets are alleging that the launch is a "disguised missile test", but such a remark can be made only by those in fear of the might of the DPRK, it said.

The world will clearly see no one on earth can match the might of the DPRK led by the dear respected Kim Jong Un, great brilliant commander of Songun, and its huge scientific and technological potentials, it stressed.