The country?s satellite is poised to launch to commemorate the 100th birthday of Kim Il-sung, but there are some doubts over whether it will ever go into orbit. NBC?s Richard Engel reports.
>>> fire off a rocket as early as tonight despite global pressure not to, and global attention because of it. our chief foreign correspondent ritual ingle remains on the ground tonight in pean young.
>> earlier tonight, we were taken to see the main mission control room here in pponyang. 18 engineers in the screen. there were only about six television lines, and experts we have been speaking to say there was a real risk that this satellite will never actually make it into orbit, and that the rocket could actually come crashing down, and that would be an enormous embarrassment for north korea because one of the main motivations for this rocket launch is to establish the credentials of the new leader here, kim jong un. he was appointed the most senior position in the communist party .
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