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Chollima-1
Launched 2023-11-21 13:42:58 UTCMalligyong-1 Pad, Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
188th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
National Aerospace Development Administration
3rd
launch this year
Malligyong-1 Pad
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
89 d 18 h
since the pad's previous launch
Malligyong-1c (meaning "Telescope-1") is the third attempt by North Korea to launch a satellite officially declared to be for military reconnaissance purposes, and the first successful one. It became the third North Korean satellite to reach orbit.
National Aerospace Development Administration is the official space agency of North Korea, succeeding the Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST). It was founded on April 1, 2013.
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Launch successful (see https://twitter.com/cosmic_penguin/status/1727169995883585581 for orbit parameters via USSF).
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