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Korean Committee of Space Technology
Paektusan 1 | Kwangmyongsong 1
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
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.
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