SEOUL, November 25. /TASS/. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has studied the photographs of the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and military bases in Hawaii made by the country’s new intelligence satellite, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

According to the news outlet, the North Korean leader "visited the Pyongyang General Control Center of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) on November 24 to review the operational preparation of the reconnaissance satellite and watched the aerospace photos taken on Friday," including those of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in the port of Pusan, South Korea, as well as of the Pearl Harbor and Hickam military bases in Hawaii.

"The NATA reported to him on the plan for photographing the enemy region and the additional fine-tuning process of the reconnaissance satellite on Saturday morning," the news agency said.

On November 21, Pyongyang successfully launched its Malligyong-1 satellite on a Chollima-1 rocket and put it into orbit. Its two previous attempts in May and August failed. USS Carl Vinson arrived in Pusan on the same day.