North Korea celebrates ‘new era of a space power’ after satellite launch

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un poses for a picture with the scientists and engineers who worked on the spy satellite project [KCNA via Reuters]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has celebrated a “new era of a space power” following the country’s launch of its first-ever military spy satellite earlier this week.

Pyongyang said it successfully launched the satellite, the Malligyong-1, into orbit late on Tuesday, and within hours claimed Kim was reviewing images of United States military bases in Guam.