N. Korea places rocket on launch pad: S. Korean gov't source
13:29, 7 April 2012
SEOUL. April 7. KAZINFORM North Korea has placed on a launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, the first stage of what it says is a space satellite, a South Korean government source told Kyodo News on Saturday.
The source said that the government has confirmed that the first stage of the three-stage rocket was placed on the launch pad Thursday, Kyodo reports.
Pyongyang is expected to pull out the remaining stages from assembly buildings and assemble them on a 50 meter-high launch pad before filling the rocket with fuel. All the preparation process before the launch is expected to be done by next Thursday.
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