Launch
National Aerospace Development Administration
Chollima-1 | Malligyong-1c
- Mission
- rocket
- Pad
- Agency
Mission
Malligyong-1c
Government/Top Secret
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Malligyong-1c (meaning "Telescope-1") is the third attempt by North Korea to launch a satellite officially declared to be for military reconnaissance purposes, and the first successful one. It became the third North Korean satellite to reach orbit.
Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Pad
Malligyong-1 Pad
PRK
Latitude: 39.652861
longitude: 124.736639
Map
Location
Asia/Pyongyang
Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Sohae Satellite Launching Station is a rocket launching site in Tongch'ang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The base is located among hills close to the northern border with China. The spaceport was built on the site of the village Pongdong-ri which was displaced during construction.
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Rocket
Chollima-1
North Korea space launch vehicle (with possible linkage to their ballistic missile program) debuting in May 2023, named after a mythical horse of extreme endurance. Exact design is unknown, but fragments salvaged from the sea shows similarities with the previous Unha series of launch vehicles.
Family: Taepodong
Variant: Chollima-1
Details
First Flight: May 30, 2023
Total launch count: 4
Successful launches: 1
Failed launches: 3
Manufacturer
Korean Committee of Space Technology
Government
PRK
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.
Paektusan | Unha
Agency
National Aerospace Development Administration
National Aerospace Development Administration is the official space agency of North Korea, succeeding the Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST). It was founded on April 1, 2013.
PRK
Type: Government
Details
2013
Chollima
Total launch count: 5
Successful launches: 2
Failed launches: 3
