North Korea’s new Space Science Academy and Space Environmental Testing Base in Pyongyang appears to have reached the final stages of construction, according to NK Pro analysis, over seven years after leader Kim Jong Un initiated the project.

New activity at the site suggests Kim continues to spend significant resources on long-term aerospace plans, which he publicly accelerated in 2022.

It comes as the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) claimed it conducted a final successful test on Dec. 18 ahead of plans to launch a “military reconnaissance satellite” in or after next April, and as major