Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA)
-- Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State
Affairs Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's
Army, visited the Sohae Space Center to guide the ground jet test of a new
type high-power engine of a carrier rocket for the geo-stationary satellite.
The newly developed high-power
engine is a single engine whose thrust is 80 tf.
The test was aimed to make a
final confirmation of the feature of combustion chamber, operation accuracy of
valves and control systems and structural reliability of the engine during 200
seconds-long working time.
Kim Jong Un issued an order to
conduct the test.
The moment the engine spewed
out huge flames with deafening sound.
The test showed that thrust
and other technological indexes of the engine accurately reached the estimated
values and the feature values of all systems of the engine remained stable
throughout the working time.
The successful manufacture of
the engine provided a firm scientific and technological guarantee for
developing and completing the carrier rocket for geo-stationary satellite during
the 5-year program for national aerospace development and made it possible to
acquire sufficient carrier capability for launching various kinds of satellites
including earth observation satellite at a world level.
He expressed great
satisfaction over the results of the test and highly praised the officials and
scientists and technicians of the National Aerospace Development Administration
for having successfully and devotedly carried out the task given by the Party
in a short span of time.
The space science and
technology and the space industry are an important barometer for estimating the
national power, he said, calling for more dynamically paving the avenue to
space conquest by conducting in real earnest the work for developing the space
in order to fulfill the 5-year program for national aerospace development.
The development and use of
space are an important policy of our Party and an important work for which the
state should make sustained efforts, he said, adding that the National Aerospace
Development Administration should carry out the space development with a main
emphasis on the satellite development and manufacture and launch more
satellites for different uses by indigenous efforts and technology and thus
turn our country into a possessor of geostationary satellites in a couple of
years to come.
Noting that thanks to the
implementation of the Party's line of prioritizing science and technology
world-startling unprecedented miraculous successes have been made in the field
of cutting-edge science and technology including space technology despite the
difficult economic conditions of the country, he requested the officials,
scientists and technicians to round off the preparations for launching the
satellite as soon as possible on the basis of the successful test and thus
bring the news of greater victory to the people who have steadfastly lived and
struggled under the leadership of the Party, unwaveringly trusting it, though
they have fastened their belts owing to the enemies' harsh sanctions and moves
to stifle the DPRK.
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