Launch Failure

Paektusan 1 | Kwangmyongsong 1

Name: Paektusan 1 | Kwangmyongsong 1
Start: 1998-08-31T03:07:00.000Z
End: 1998-08-31T03:07:00.000Z
Location: Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground

August 31, 1998 at 3:07 AM UTC

Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground

Mission imagery · Paektusan 1

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August 31, 1998 at 3:07 AM UTC

Status: Launch Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

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Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground · 40.8558, 129.6659

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Rocket: Paektusan 1
Launch site: Satellite Launch Pad
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: August 31, 1998 at 3:07 AM UTC
Window closes: August 31, 1998 at 3:07 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 4:30 AM UTC

Mission description

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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