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Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:38:55
Thursday April 12, 2012
First flight of Unha-3. The rocket exploded after the separation of the second stage.
North Korea claims the satellite would estimate crop yields and collect weather data as well as assess the country's forest coverage and natural resources. The country also claims that the satellite weighed about 100 kg and that its planned lifetime was about two years.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
100 kilograms
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2012
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2012
15th
Orbital launch attempt