Our scientists and technicians have succeeded in launching the first artificial satellite aboard a multi-stage rocket into orbit.

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The successful launch of the first artificial satellite in the DPRK greatly encourages the Korean people in the efforts to build a powerful socialist state under the wise leadership of the great leader Kim Chong-il.

BBC: Satellite 'transmitting revolutionary hymns'

And after the Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, the United States went about winning the Space Race by investing in science and technology, leading not only to small steps on the moon but also to tremendous economic benefits here on Earth.

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