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Kwangmyongsong 1

Paektusan 1

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This page records Paektusan 1 | Kwangmyongsong 1 and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.

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Launch Failure

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LAUNCH SITETonghae Satellite Launching Ground

Mission

Thir first attempt to launch a North Korean satellite ended in vain, as the third stage of the Pekdosan-1 (a.k.a. Taepodong-1) launch vehicle failed shortly before it reached orbital velocity. Kwangmyŏngsŏng 1 would have beamed propaganda songs from space, if it had reached a stable orbit.

Launch vehicle
Paektusan 1
Mission type
Test Flight
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
Satellite Launch Pad
Provider
Korean Committee of Space Technology

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Launch vehicle

Paektusan 1

Taepodong-1 was a three-stage technology demonstrator developed by North Korea, a development step toward an intermediate-range ballistic missile. The missile was derived originally from the Scud rocket and was tested once in 1998 as a space launch vehicle. As a space launch vehicle, it was sometimes called the Paektusan 1.

Height
25.8 m
Diameter
1.8 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
1
First flight
1998-08-31

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Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground

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