Paektusan 1
Taepodong familyKorean Committee of Space TechnologyRetired
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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 525 kN
- Height
- 25.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.8 m
- Launch mass
- 33 t
- Stages
- 3
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
1flightwith a definitive outcome
0%success rate0 of 1
0success streakcurrent
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.