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Paektusan 1
Launched 1998-08-31 03:07 UTCSatellite Launch Pad, Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Paektusan 1 lifted off with Kwangmyongsong 1, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What Korean Committee of Space Technology finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
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.
The Korean Committee of Space Technology was the agency of the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) responsible for the country's space program. The agency was terminated and succeeded by the National Aerospace Development Administration in 2013 after the Law on Space Development was passed in the 7th session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly.
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Height
25.8m
Diameter
1.8m
Liftoff thrust
525kN
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