Paektusan 1 | Kwangmyongsong 1
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.
Taepodong-1 was a three-stage technology demonstrator developed by North Korea, a development step toward an intermediate-range ballistic missile. The missile was derived originally from the Scud rocket and was tested once in 1998 as a space launch vehicle. As a space launch vehicle, it was sometimes called the Paektusan 1.
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Mission Profile
Kwangmyongsong 1 was a Paektusan 1 mission operated by Korean Committee of Space Technology that lifted off from Satellite Launch Pad, Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground on August 31, 1998. The flight carried its payload on a test flight mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch ended in failure.