Paektusan 1 (Korean Committee of Space Technology)
- Length: 25.8 m
- Diameter: 1.8 m
- Launch Mass: 33 T
The Paektusan 1, manufactured by Korean Committee of Space Technology established in unknown year, undertook its inaugural launch on 08/31/1998, is non-reusable and is inactive.
Paektusan 1 has 0 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 1 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
Manufacturer
Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST)
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.