Present at the rally were Kim Yong Nam, Choe Yong Rim, Choe Ryong Hae and other leading officials of the party, state and army, officials of party, armed forces and power bodies, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions and men of the Korean People's Army and the Korean People's Internal Security Forces. Officials and working people of institutions, factories and enterprises at all levels and co-operative farms and teachers and students of universities and colleges in Pyongyang, overseas Koreans' delegations and other overseas Koreans and the chief of the Pyongyang Mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front were also present.

Present there on invitation were diplomatic envoys of foreign countries here, members of the military attache corps here and other foreign guests.

Kim Ki Nam, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, made a report at the rally.

He said:

The scientific and technological satellite, belonging to Songun Korea both in name and reality, was accurately put into its orbit by carrier rocket Unha-3 which was manufactured by the DPRK with its own technology and by its own efforts in line with the government's policy for space development and its peaceful use. This is a gift presented to leader Kim Jong Il by the WPK and the army and people of the DPRK out of their loyalty and a great jubilee of national significance in realizing the greatest desire at the behest of Kim Jong Il.

Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, blazing a trail of history, laid a firm foundation of eternal value for the independent national economy and helped fully tap the potentials of Juche-based industry with the might of Songun. Therefore, the DPRK has become possible to demonstrate its might as a country that produces and launches satellites.

A working satellite was successfully launched thanks to the undying feats of the Generalissimos, and Songun Korea ranked itself with dignity among those countries which launched satellites. The credit for this goes to the lofty loyalty, strong sense of moral obligation, matchless grit and superb stratagem of the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

With the successful launch of the satellite as a momentum the might of Juche-based industry and the scientific and technological potentials of the country have been fully displayed and the might of the DPRK heading toward the world with pride have been fully proved.

To develop and use satellites essential for economic development is the lawful requirement of the present times in which one develops and lives with the help of science and technology. It is also the worldwide trend and the just sovereign right of the Korean people no one can deny.

Then speeches were made by representatives of scientists, service personnel, workers, agricultural workers, youth and students.

Jang Chol, president of the State Academy of Sciences, vowed to glorify the country as a world space power by launching a geostationary satellite in the future, and build a knowledge-based economic power of Korean style with the same spirit and creating trait displayed by the workers at the Huichon Ryonha General Machine Plant.

No Kwang Chol, deputy chief of the General Staff of the KPA, declared that if the U.S. imperialists and their followers encroach upon the dignity and sovereignty of the DPRK even a bit while taking issue with the independent satellite launch, the KPA will regard it as the declaration of a war and resolutely shatter it with powerful physical strike.

Hyon Sang Ju, chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, pledged to lead the thunder of the launch of the second version of satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 to the fireworks for the final victory in building a thriving socialist nation by stirring up the hot wind of Kim Jong Il's patriotism in each worksite of the general offensive for implementing the WPK's strategy for prosperity.

Ri Myong Gil, chairman of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, expressed the will to drastically increase the agricultural production by learning from the patriotic devotion and tremendous fighting traits of scientists and technicians who gave full play to the dignity and stamina of the nation by successfully launching the satellite.

Jon Yong Nam, chairman of the C.C., the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, called upon young people to bring about leaping progress in most difficult and toilsome worksites of socialist construction and become heroes and scientists who push back the frontiers of the latest science and technology and thus further glorify today's jubilee.