Ryu Gum Chol, deputy director of the space development department of the Committee for Space Technology, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), speaks at a press conference in Pyongyang, April 10, 2012. Ryu said that the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite will be dropped in the designated orbits. The DPRK announced its plan to launch the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite, an earth observation satellite, between April 12 and 16 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of DPRK founder Kim Il Sung. [Xinhua]