Rocket file · LV-495
Chollima-1
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
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
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
There's no Chollima-1 flight on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
All upcoming launchesChollima-1 in the archive
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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.
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