North Korea has claimed that it officially registered its satellite, Kwangmyongsong-4, with the United Nations.

Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) said Friday that the North submitted paperwork to the UN for the registration of the satellite, which the regime claimed it launched using a long-range rocket on February seventh. The launch came in defiance of international warnings.

The KCNA claimed that the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs(UNOOSA) issued the documents concerning the registration of the Kwangmyongsong-4 and posted them on its Web site and the UN electronic archive.

The Kwangmyongsong-4 is largely considered a cover for testing a long-range missile. It was known to have sent out a signal once after it was put into orbit, but that no additional signals were detected since February tenth.

In order for the satellite to be an earth-observing one as the North has claimed, it needs to have a constant contact with a control center on earth.

Lee Chun-keun, a researcher at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, said the UN acknowledges only the fact that the Kwangmyongsong-4 is circling in an orbit, adding that it's only the North's claim that the satellite performs proper communications.