Gitdaeryung
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North Korean intermediate missile base, south east of Wonson, said to be capable of launching Scud-C's, SCUD-X's and Nodong-A ballistic missiles.
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Chronology
25 events
1984 April 1
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 5.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: Choson. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1984 September 1
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 5.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: Choson. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1984 September 1
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 5.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: Choson. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1990 May 1
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1990 June 1
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: Choson. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1992 June 1
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1. FAILURE: Failure.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1993 May 29
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
1993 May 29
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: Choson. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1993 May 29
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: Choson. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1993 May 30
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- Test mission - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: Choson. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
1998 August 31
03:07 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: Nodong 1. Launch Vehicle: Paektusan 1. FAILURE: Third stage failure.. Failed Stage: 3.- Kwangmyongsong 1 - .
Nation: Korea North.
Agency: Choson.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: Kwangmyongsong.
North Korea reported the launch of its first satellite on the first of September. This announcement was followed on September 14 by the release of a photograph of the satellite and the claim that the satellite had completed its 100th orbit of the earth between 08:24 and 11:17 local time (2017 GMT) on September 13. Video of the launch, the satellite, and an animation of the satellite in orbit around the earth were distributed to foreign news agencies the following weekend. The satellite appeared almost identical to the first Chinese test satellite (which itself appeared almost identical to the US Telstar).
Despite these claims no foreign observer ever detected the satellite visually, by radar, or picked up its radio signals. The Pentagon at first claimed it was an ICBM launch, and that the satellite story was just a cover for the test. However on further analysis of the data collected on the launch they admitted nearly a month later that there had been some a satellite launch attempt. What seems to have happened is that the third stage either failed and fell into the Pacific or misfired and put the satellite into a low orbit where it decayed very quickly before it could be detected by foreign observers. Additional Details: here....
2006 July 4
18:32 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2006 July 4
19:04 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2006 July 4
20:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: Unha. Launch Vehicle: Unha-1. FAILURE: Failure.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 40 km (24 mi).
2006 July 4
22:12 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- North Korean missile test - . Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2006 July 4
22:31 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2006 July 4
22:32 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2006 July 5
08:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2009 July 4
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: KP. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2009 July 4
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: KP. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). 1 of 7?.
2014 February 27
08:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 5.- Hwasong RV - . Nation: Korea North. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi). Military training.
2014 March 2
21:19 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- Hwasong RV - . Nation: Korea North. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Military training.
2014 June 29
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: KP. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2014 June 29
Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6.- Nation: Korea North. Agency: KP. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).
2016 June 21
20:58 GMT - . Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. LV Family: R-27. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 10.- RV - . Nation: Korea North. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Sea of Japan..
- RV - . Nation: Korea North. Apogee: 1,414 km (878 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Sea of Japan..