North Korea conducted a successful ground test of a new rocket engine, reports Yonhap agency.
According to KCNA, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un personally supervised the test of a powerful rocket engine of a new type at the space center in the Shohei. The engine is capable of outputting at a geostationary orbit satellites. It is noted that the booster can be applied to various types of satellites, including those intended for earth observation.
The North Korean leader also ordered to "run more satellites for various purposes, to improve the local technology and thus turn our country in the coming years, the owner of geostationary satellites", KCNA gave (quoted by "Interfax").
Recall September 9, the DPRK announced the successful completion of another nuclear weapons test. Prior to that, the DPRK's nuclear test carried out in January this year, and, besides, they took place in 2006, 2009 and 2013.
Subsequently, the UN Security Council held a closed emergency meeting at which members of the Council strongly condemned the recent nuclear test in North Korea and declared their readiness to discuss new serious measures against Pyongyang.
