The National Aerospace DevelopmentAdministration made a crucial test of final stage for the development of reconnaissance satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground on December 18.
A spokesman for the National Aerospace Development Administration said the test was aimed at assessing the capability of the satellite photographing and data transmission system and the ground control system.
The test was made in the way of assessing the processing capacity and safety of data transmission units while confirming the reliability of photographing and attitude control commands and other ground control over different cameras in the optimum environment simulating the space after loading into a carrier the trial satellite installed with one panchromatic camera for 20-metre resolution test, two multispectral cameras, video transmitter, transceivers of different bands, control unit and batteries and vertically launching it to the altitude of 500 kilometres.
The test confirmed the major technical indices including the camera operating technology and the data processing and transmitting abilities of communication devices in space, and the accuracy of tracking and control in the ground control system. The National Aerospace Development Administration made clear that it is an important success and has gone through the final process of gateway to the reconnaissance satellite launch.
The National Aerospace DevelopmentAdministration announced that it will finish the preparations formilitary reconnaissance satellite No. 1 until April 2023.
The result of the crucial test was reported to the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea on the spot.
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