This photo provided by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea shows the launch of the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Nov 21, 2023. (KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

SEOUL - The aerospace agency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Wednesday that the reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1" will formally start its mission from Dec 1 after a seven-to-10-day fine-tuning process, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

The National Aerospace Technology Administration made the announcement during a visit by Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, to Pyongyang General Control Center of the aerospace agency, according to the KCNA report.

Noting that the country has finally developed and possessed aerospace reconnaissance capability by its own efforts and technologies, the DPRK top leader lauded the satellite launch as "a great event" in developing the DPRK armed forces and coping with the evolving military situation in the region, said the report.

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Kim stressed the need to send into orbit more reconnaissance satellites of various kinds and operate them in a combined and practical manner, in order to "provide the DPRK armed forces with abundant valuable real-time information about the enemy and further promote their responsive posture," it added.

The DPRK successfully launched a space rocket into orbit late Tuesday, the KCNA reported earlier Wednesday.

The new-type carrier rocket "Chollima-1", carrying the reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1", was launched at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Cholsan county, North Phyongan province at around 22:42 local time (1342 GMT), said the report.

This photo provided by the DPRK government shows DPRK leader Kim Jong-un at the launch of the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Nov 21, 2023. (KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

In this photo provided by the DPRK government, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un watches a rocket launch from a launching center in the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Phyongan province, Nov 21, 2023. (KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

This photo provided by the DPRK government shows the launch of the Malligyong-1 satellite into orbit on Nov 21, 2023. (KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

The carrier rocket flew normally along the preset flight track and accurately put the reconnaissance satellite in its orbit, it said. Kim, oversaw the launch on the spot and extended his warm congratulations on the successful launch, the report said.

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The country's aerospace agency plans to launch several more satellites "in a short span of time," it said.