LaunchesKwangmyongsong 1
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Kwangmyongsong 1
Paektusan 1 · Test Flight
1998Satellite Launch Pad, Tonghae 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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- KCST
- Rocket
- Paektusan 1
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Satellite Launch Pad
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2