General Satellite Control Center

General Satellite Control Center
North Korea
Technicians at their desks before Kwangmyongsong-3 launch in 2012.
General Satellite Control Center
Coordinates	39°08′49″N 125°46′23″E / 39.146957°N 125.773111°E / 39.146957; 125.773111
Site history
Built	2000-2005 (2000-2005)
Built by	North Korea

The General Satellite Control Center is the main mission control center of North Korea's space program. It is located in Ryongsong-guyok (룡성구역), Pyongyang^[1] in a two-storey white building,^[2] and controlled by the Korean Committee of Space Technology. The mission control center was first shown in 2009 in the KCTV broadcasting announcing the launching of the satellite Kwangmyongsong-2. Late leader Kim Jong-il visited the control center with Kim Jong-un in 2009 before the launch of the Kwangmyongsong-2 satellite.

References

North Korean space program

Organizations	Committee of Space Technology National Aerospace Development Administration

Facilities	General Satellite Control Center Sohae Satellite Launching Station Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground

Space launch vehicles	Paektusan Unha

Programs	Kwangmyŏngsŏng program

Satellites	Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4

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