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Rocket file · LV-495

Chollima-1

Korean Committee of Space Technology · Taepodong · IN SERVICE

Chollima-1 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Korean Committee of Space Technology. It first flew on 30 May 2023. It has flown 4 times with 1 successes, a success rate of 25.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
HeightNOT ON FILE
DiameterNOT ON FILE
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight30 May 2023
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusIN SERVICE

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights4
Successful1
Failed3
Success rate25.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantChollima-1

About Chollima-1

North Korea space launch vehicle (with possible linkage to their ballistic missile program) debuting in May 2023, named after a mythical horse of extreme endurance. Exact design is unknown, but fragments salvaged from the sea shows similarities with the previous Unha series of launch vehicles.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

There's no Chollima-1 flight on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Pyongyang - Kaeson station 2010
Pyongyang - Kaeson station 2010David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Chollima Street
Chollima StreetNicor · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Chollima statue 01
Chollima statue 01Nicor · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Chollima-1 flown?
4 times, with 1 successes and 3 failures.
What is Chollima-1's success rate?
25.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 4 attempts.
When is the next Chollima-1 launch?
Chollima-1 has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
How much can Chollima-1 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Chollima-1.
Is Chollima-1 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Chollima-1 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.