Kwangmyŏngsŏng 3 n°2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:49:46

Wednesday December 12, 2012

Mission Details

Launch Notes

First success of a North Korean rocket. North Korea becomes the 10th world space power.

Kwangmyŏngsŏng 3 n°2

Wiki

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.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

100 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Unha 3

Active Since 2012

Korean Committee of Space Technology logo

Agency

KCST

Rocket

Height: 30m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 200 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

284 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 1.25m

Height: 2m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Pad 1

Sohae Satellite Launching Station, North Korea

Fastest Turnaround

243 days 2 hours

Stats

Unha 3


2nd

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2012

Korean Committee of Space Technology


4th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2012

2012


75th

Orbital launch attempt