The Kwangmyŏngsŏng program was a class of experimental satellites developed by North Korea. The name Kwangmyŏngsŏng ("bright star", "brilliant star" or...

Kwangmyongsong-4 (Korean for 'Bright Star-4' / 'Lodestar-4') or KMS-4 is a reconnaissance satellite launched by North Korea on 7 February 2016. The launch...

lode star (kwangmyŏngsŏng) appeared in the sky, so everyone knew a new general had been born.[citation needed] In designing the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, North...

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 or Gwangmyeongseong-3 ho 2-hogi (Korean: 《광명성―3》호 2호기; Hancha: 光明星3號2號機; RR: Gwangmyeongseong-3 ho 2-hogi; MR: Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3...

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 (Korean: 광명성 2호, meaning Bright Star-2 or Lode Star-2) was a satellite launched by North Korea on April 5, 2009. Prior to the launch,...

North Korea portal Spaceflight portal Kwangmyŏngsŏng program Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 Taepodong-2 ""North Korea begins...

expendable carrier rockets. The Unha-1, Unha-2, Unha-3, and Unha-4 (Kwangmyŏngsŏng) have a wider first stage, comparable to that of the Simorgh. Chollima-1...

twice announced that it had launched satellites: Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 on 31 August 1998 and Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 on 5 April 2009. The US and South Korea predicted...

Korea with the Spirit of Mount Paekdu: Kim Il Sung, Kim Chŏng-suk, and Kwangmyŏngsŏng ('The Bright Star')" and "Oh! Korea! The Paekdu Star Was Born!" Kim's...

announced that they had used this rocket to launch their first satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 from a pad on the Musudan-ri peninsula. However, the satellite failed...

According to North Korean sources, their satellites Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, launched in 1998, and Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2, supposedly launched in a test on 5 April 2009...

version of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 satellite. This successful flight was repeated on 7 February 2016 (UTC) with the successful launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 using...

Research Center Songun Asymmetric warfare The launching of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 and Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 in 2012. KPA officers and soldiers are most often...

North Korea announced that a Unha rocket would be used to launch the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite. According to the South Korean government, the launch took...

the site for the 13 April 2012 launch of the North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, which was launched to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth...

Okinawa Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 4 February 7, 2016 Kwangmyŏngsŏng (Unha-3) Okinawa Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 5 August 29, 2017 Hwasong-12...

its Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground, which it says is carrying the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite, prompting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security...

Technology until April 2013). Domestically produced launch vehicles and the Kwangmyŏngsŏng satellite class are launched from two spaceports, the Tonghae Satellite...

Júnior in the midst of a presidential election campaign. April 13 – Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, explodes shortly after...

for former hacker Ryan Ackroyd KMS-4, a North Korean satellite of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng program All pages with titles beginning with Kms All pages with titles...

Taepodong-1 Akita No Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 2 April 5, 2009 Unha-2 Akita, Iwate Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 3 December 12, 2012 Unha-3 Okinawa...

military officers in 1999. On 12 December 2012, North Korea launched the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, a scientific and technological satellite, and it reached orbit...

Italian authorities. In the aftermath of the controversial launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite in April 2009, Sukarno was invited to comment by Japanese...

wore KPA Vice Marshal insignia at the rally celebrating the successful Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 launch on 14 December. This would be concurrent with Hyon Yong-chol's...

of the launch of North Korea's Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 in April 2009. Kim also spearheaded the detection of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 launcher on 13 April 2012 as...

Navy in preparation for the Democratic Republic of Korea to test the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2. However, the ships were withdrawn after the satellite did...

with Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 from Musudan-ri, which was internationally determined to be a failure. Another launch on 5 April 2009, with the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite...

February 7 – North Korea launches a reconnaissance satellite named Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into space, it is condemned internationally as a long-range ballistic...

portal Foreign relations of North Korea Korean People's Army Korean War Kwangmyŏngsŏng program — North Korea's satellite launch program and covert testing...

received the title of Hero of the Republic in 2012 for his work on Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3. "Sanctions List Search - Choe Chun Sik". US Treasury. Retrieved 14...