Musudan-ri
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 무수단리 |
| Hanja : | 舞 水 端 里 |
| Revised Romanization : | Musudan-ri |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Musudan-ri |
Coordinates: 40 ° 51 ′ 21 ″ N , 129 ° 39 ′ 57 ″ E
Musudan-ri (also Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground ) is a rocket launch site in the North Korean province of Hamgyŏng-pukto . The area was previously called Taepodong ( 대포동 ).
Chronology of the rocket launches (incomplete)
- April 1984: Test Hwasong-5
- September 1984: Test of a Hwasong-5
- May 1990: Test of a Nodong-1
- June 1990: Test of a Hwasong-6
- June 1992: Test of a Nodong-1 (failed)
- May 29, 1993: Test of two Hwasong-6s and one Nodong-1
- May 30, 1993: Test of a Hwasong-6
- August 31, 1998: Start of a Taepodong-1 , failed? (see Kwangmyŏngsŏng )
- April 5, 2009: Test of a Taepodong-2
Individual evidence
Web links
- Musudan in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- No-dong - Launch pad of the Federation of American Scientists with satellite image from 1999 (English)