Update 20/09/2016: Quotation from an expert, Joshua Pollack, was updated
Update 21/09/2016: Correction of date of Unha-2 launch

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a ground test of a satellite launch vehicle rocket engine, state media said on Tuesday, raising the possibility of another long-range rocket launch this year.

The test, which took place at the Sohae Space Center in North Phyongan Province on the country’s west coast, was referred to as “the ground jet test of a new type high-power engine of a carrier rocket for the geo-stationary satellite,” a statement published by the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Tuesday.

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