Kwangmyongsong-3

North Korea's Unha-3 rocket attempted to place the Kwangmyongsong-3 Earth-observation satellite into polar orbit but broke apart roughly 90-100 seconds into flight, with debris falling into the Yellow Sea near Gunsan, South Korea.

Outcome

Failure

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

1st

of 3 Unha-3 flights

Date and time

12 April 2012, 22:38 UTC

Rocket

Unha-3

Builder

NADA

Launch site

Unha Launch Pad, Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Payload

Unknown

Launches in 2012

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