Kang Chol, a department head of Kim Il Sung University, told KCNA:

"The successful satellite launch is one of the biggest achievements scored in the DPRK this year. This represents the steady progress of the DPRK."

Kim Song Il, a researcher at the Branch Academy of Light Industrial Science of the State Academy of Sciences, said:

"The launch reflected the Korean people's yearning for general secretary Kim Jong Il, who paid so much effort to bolstering up the nation's power.

It will encourage the people in the effort to build a thriving socialist nation under the leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un."