page_title: General Satellite Control Center
hierarchical_section_title: General Satellite Control Center
caption_attribution_description: English: Technicians seated at their command stations during the "open house" for foreign journalists during the April 2012 North Korean missile launch.
context_page_description: The General Satellite Control Center is the main mission control center of North Korea's space program. It is located in Pothonggang District, Pyongyang in a two-storey white building, 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.
context_section_description: The General Satellite Control Center is the main mission control center of North Korea's space program. It is located in Pothonggang District, Pyongyang in a two-storey white building, 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.
caption: Technicians at their desks before Kwangmyongsong-3 launch in 2012.
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