In this regard, Kim Pyong Sik, vice-minister of Physical Culture and Sports, told KCNA:

Another satellite was launched into the space on the threshold of the Day of the Shining Star, the greatest national holiday.

I am proud of being a member of Kim Il Sung's and Kim Jong Il's nation, a nuclear weapons state.

The successful launch is a manifestation of great vitality of the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea on attaching great importance to science and technology.

Han Un Chol, a student of Kim Il Sung University, said:

We raised the cheers of hurrah for the successful launch of satellite.

We are fully determined to prepare ourselves to be patriots like those space scientists and technicians.