🇰🇵North Korea · 2 pads
Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
7 launches have flown from the 2 pads here, the first in April 2012.
Pads
2 2 active
Launches
7
Success rate
42.9% 3/7
First flight
2012-04-12
Latest flight
2024-05-27
Location
Pads
| Pad | Status | Launches | Success | First | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malligyong-1 Pad | Active | 4 | 25.0% | 2023-05-30 | 2024-05-27 |
| Unha Launch Pad | Active | 3 | 66.7% | 2012-04-12 | 2016-02-07 |
Vehicles flown
3 typesLaunch cadence
decided flights per year2012Peak 2023, 3 launches2024
Site record
- Country
- North Korea
- Coordinates
- 39.6529° N, 124.7366° E
- Pads
- 2 (2 active)
- Pad operators
- Korean Committee of Space Technology
- Top orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (3)
Recent flights
7 flights| Date | Mission | Pad | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-27 | Chollima-1 | Malligyong-1-1 | Malligyong-1 Pad | Chollima-1 | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 2023-11-21 | Chollima-1 | Malligyong-1c | Malligyong-1 Pad | Chollima-1 | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2023-08-23 | Chollima-1 | Malligyong-1b | Malligyong-1 Pad | Chollima-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 2023-05-30 | Chollima-1 | Malligyong-1a | Malligyong-1 Pad | Chollima-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 2016-02-07 | Unha | Kwangmyongsong-4 | Unha Launch Pad | Unha | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2012-12-12 | Unha-3 | Kwangmyongsong-3 Unit 2 | Unha Launch Pad | Unha-3 | – | – | Success |
| 2012-04-12 | Unha-3 | Kwangmyongsong-3 | Unha Launch Pad | Unha-3 | – | – | Failure |
Each pad's full history is on its own page.
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.