Kwangmyŏngsŏng
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 광명 성 |
| Hanja : | 光 明星 |
| Revised Romanization : | Gwangmyeongseong |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kwangmyŏngsŏng |
Kwangmyŏngsŏng ( brightly shining star ), also known as Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 since 2009 , is the name of the first North Korean satellite . It is said to have been put into orbit on August 31, 1998 by a Taepodong-1 rocket .
Description of the North Korean government
The missile was launched from Musudan-ri missile base at 12:07 pm on August 31, 1998 . According to the North Korean government, the satellite was launched into orbit about five minutes later. The orbit is said to be 218.82 km at its closest point and 6,978.2 km at its furthest point and orbit the earth once in 165 minutes and six seconds. The Kwangmyŏngsŏng is essentially intended to serve as a test satellite for future satellites. In addition, since then the satellite has been steadily sending the melodies of the “immortal revolutionary hymns”: “ Song of General Kim Il Sung ” and the “Song about General Kim Jong-il ” as well as the Morse code “ Juche Korea”, which can be received on a frequency of 27 MHz be.
doubt
Western sources doubt the North Korean government's account. The satellite was neither discovered on radar images, nor could its radio signals be received. It is therefore assumed that either the launch failed due to a malfunction of the third stage or that the alleged satellite launch was in fact a test of a Taepodong-1 rocket.
See also
- The launch of the Earth observation satellite Kwangmyongsong 3-2 on December 12, 2012 was only successful .
- Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 , launched on February 7, 2016.
- National Aerospace Development Administration
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- ↑ Kwangmyongsong in the Encyclopedia Astronautica , accessed May 30, 2009 (English).