North Korea successfully placed a reconnaissance satellite into orbit on November 21 and said it would launch several more satellites "in a short period of time" to secure reconnaissance capabilities for South Korea. The Korean Central News Agency announced that the reconnaissance satellite Manrigyeong-1 was launched aboard the new Chollima-1 rocket from the Dongchang-ri launch site on the west coast at 10:42 p.m. on November 21.