SpaceportDB

🇰🇵 PRK · 2 sites · 3 pads

Spaceports in North Korea

9 launches have flown from North Korea since August 1998, across 2 sites and 3 pads.

Launch sites
2
Pads
3 3 active
Launches
9
Success rate
33.3% 3/9
First flight
1998-08-31

Launch sites in North Korea

Malligyong-1 Pad, Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (4 launches)Unha Launch Pad, Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (3 launches)Satellite Launch Pad, Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground (2 launches)

Sites

SpaceportPadsLaunchesSuccessLatest
Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea2742.9%2024-05-27
Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground120.0%2009-04-05

Pads

3 pads registered
PadSpaceportStatusLaunchesLatest
Malligyong-1 PadSohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of KoreaActive42024-05-27
Unha Launch PadSohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of KoreaActive32016-02-07
Satellite Launch PadTonghae Satellite Launching GroundActive22009-04-05

Launch cadence

decided flights per year
1998Peak 2023, 3 launches2024

Vehicles flown

4 types
Chollima-1 4Unha 2Unha-3 2Paektusan 1 1

Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.