LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Mon Aug 31 1998
Korean Committee of Space Technology
Kwangmyongsong 1
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(3:07 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(3:07 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(3:07 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Paektusan 1Description:
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.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Test Flight
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground
Pad
Unknown Pad