It took 9 minutes and 29 seconds for North Korea’s Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite to enter orbit after successfully separating from its propellant stages, South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on Tuesday.

The running time almost corresponds to Pyongyang’s statement of 9 minutes 46 seconds.

“The place where the first and second-stage propellants and fairings fell down is similar to the Unha-3 (the North launched in 2012),” the unnamed MND official told the Yonhap News Agency, adding the “material of the propellant stages is similar.”

The first propellant stage and fairing fell in the expected areas, where North Korea