Korean Committee of Space Technology

Kwangmyongsong-2

Unha

FAILURE

Failure

Sunday, April 5, 2009 · 02:30 UTC

Mission

/01

Second North Korean attempt to launch a satellite into orbit. It was lost in a failure of the Unha-2 launch vehicle.

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

/02

Rocket

Variant: Unha

Launch Pad

Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground

40.856° N, 129.666° E

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