Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Korean Committee of Space Technology
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Test Flight
Launch site
North Korea
Date
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 03:07:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4261 ever
Mission
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.