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. Notably, 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.
