Status
Failure
Kwangmyŏngsŏng 1
Launch Time
Mon Aug 31, 1998 03:07 UTC
Mon Aug 31, 1998 03:07 UTC
First, and last flight of Taepodong-1. First North Korean orbital launch.
The third stage didn't separate from the second, the launcher fell back over Japan.
Rocket
Mission Details
Kwangmyŏngsŏng 1
Kwangmyŏngsŏng 1 was a satellite allegedly launched by North Korea on 31 August 1998. While the North Korean government claimed that the launch was successful, no objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch, and outside North Korea it is considered to have been a failure. It was the first satellite to be launched as part of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng program, and the first satellite that North Korea attempted to launch.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 30.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Pad 1, Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground, North Korea
Stats
1998
54th orbital launch attempt
Korean Committee of Space Technology
1st mission
2nd mission of 1998
1st failed mission
Taepodong 1
1st mission
1st mission of 1998
1st failed mission