Rocket file · LV-343
Paektusan 1
Paektusan 1 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Korean Committee of Space Technology. It stands 25.8 m tall, first flew on 31 August 1998. It has flown 1 times with 0 successes, a success rate of 0.0%. 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 Paektusan 1
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.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Paektusan 1 is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesPaektusan 1 in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Paektusan 1 flown?
- 1 times, with 0 successes and 1 failures.
- What is Paektusan 1's success rate?
- 0.0%. That's 0 successful flights out of 1 attempts.
- How much can Paektusan 1 lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Paektusan 1.
- Is Paektusan 1 reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Paektusan 1 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.