List of North Korean satellite Launches

2009-F02 - failed to reach orbit Unha 2 Tonghae Launch Centre						2009 Apr 5, 02:31
Kwangmyongsong 1 (Lodestar 1)
Reported by North Korea as being test satellite, possibly a dummy and not necessarily aimed at orbit. Launched eastwards towards mid-latitude inclination. Lost when the third stage of the launch vehicle failed to fire and the rocket fell back.

2012-F01 - failed to reach orbit Unha 3 Sohae Launch Centre						2012 Apr 12, 22:38
Kwangmyongsong 2 (Lodestar 2)
Reportedly for remote sensing. Aimed at 500km sun-synchronous orbit with descending node at 06:50 local time, mass 100 kg. Lost as the result of a launch vehicle failure around the end of the stage 1 firing or at stage 2 separation. Precise launch time 22:38:55 UTC.

2012-072 Unha 3 Sohae Launch Centre						2012 Dec 12, 00:49
Kwangmyongsong 3 (Lodestar 3) 2012-072A 39026						Re-entered - 2023 Sep 13 Life 3927 days
Reportedly for remote imaging. Mass 100 kg. Precise launch time 00:49:46 UTC, about 140 min into the window. Released from launch vehicle at 00:59:13 UTC. Launch vehicle followed a dog-leg ground track to avoid overflight of China and The Philippines during the ascent.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2012 Dec 13, 17:41	6918	0.0060	498	582	95.44	97.41	167	08:59
2016 Feb 7, 22:51	6876	0.0045	467	529	94.58	97.26	125	07:20
2023 Feb 13, 10:03	6800	0.0024	405	437	93.00	97.28	18	05:03

KMS 3 rocket (Unha 3) 2012-072B 39027						in space
Launched Kwangmyongsong 3, finished in higher orbit than the satellite.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2012 Dec 13, 19:18	6921	0.0066	498	589	95.51	97.41	169

2016-009 Unha 3 Sohae Launch Centre						2016 Feb 7, 00:30
Kwangmyongsong 4 (Lodestar 4) 2016-009A 41332						Re-entered - 2023 Jun 30 Life 2700 days
Reportedly for remote imaging. Precise launch time 00:30:00 UTC. Released from launch vehicle at 00:39:46 UTC. Launch vehicle followed a dog-leg ground track to avoid overflight of China and the Philippines during the ascent. Location of initial Argument Of Perigee suggests launch vehicle may have under-performed. First stage of the launch vehicle reportedly disintegrated into 270 pieces, possibly resulting from a deliberate explosion.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2016 Feb 7, 13:13	6862	0.0027	465	502	94.28	97.53	337	08:39
2023 Feb 13, 12:21	6773	0.0012	386	403	92.45	97.22	162	10:47

Unha 3 upper stage 2016-009B 41333						Re-entered - 2023 Jun 9 Life 2679 days
Third stage of Kwangmyongsong 4 launch vehicle. Perigee of the orbit is in the southern hemisphere and is significantly lower than that of the satellite, suggesting that reverse thrust was applied immediately after the satellite separated.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2016 Feb 7, 04:41	6845	0.0050	433	502	93.94	97.53	336

2023-F05 - failed to reach orbit Chollima 1 (Improved UNHA-3?) Sohae Launch Centre						2023 May 30, 21:27
Malligyong 1 flight model 1
North Korean government/military optical imaging satellite aimed at 500 kilometre, sun-synchronous orbit, lost when the launch vehicle second stage either failed to separate or failed to fire. Impacted the Yellow Sea still attached to the rocket.

2023-F06 - failed to reach orbit Chollima 1 (Improved UNHA-3?) Sohae Launch Centre						2023 Aug 23, 18:50
Malligyong 1 flight model 2
North Korean government/military optical imaging satellite aimed at 500 kilometre, sun-synchronous orbit. Second version of the satellite - the first one was lost in an earlier launch failure 2023 May 30. Destroyed when the launch vehicle third stage failed, possibly through suffering an explosion caused by inadvertent triggering of the emergency auto-destruct system. Impacted in the Yellow Sea.

2023-179 Chollima 1 (Improved UNHA-3?) Sohae Launch Centre						2023 Nov 21, 13:42
Malligyong 1 (Malligyong 1 flight model 3) 2023-179A 58400						in space
North Korean government/military optical imaging satellite, also testing new orbit adjustment thruster. Released from launch vehicle at 13:54 UTC. Made a series of daily orbit adjustments 2024 February 19-23. Orbit adjusted again 2024 June 3 with thruster firing at around 14:30 UTC. Third and final orbit adjustment took place 2024 early September when the thruster was fired five times. Third version of the satellite - the first two were lost in launch failures 2023 May 30 & August 23.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )	Desc Node Local Time
2023 Nov 22, 00:14	6881	0.0014	493	512	94.67	97.43	279	22:00
2024 Feb 19, 13:36	6877	0.0015	488	508	94.58	97.42	328	22:00
2024 Feb 19, 23:04	6877	0.0014	489	508	94.59	97.42	327	22:00
2024 Feb 20, 14:51	6877	0.0014	489	508	94.58	97.42	324	22:00
2024 Feb 20, 19:35	6877	0.0014	490	508	94.59	97.42	324	22:00
2024 Feb 21, 19:15	6878	0.0012	492	508	94.62	97.42	319	22:00
2024 Feb 22, 22:31	6879	0.0009	495	508	94.64	97.42	312	22:00
2024 Feb 24, 04:45	6880	0.0007	497	507	94.66	97.42	306	22:00
2024 May 24, 12:17	6876	0.0009	492	504	94.57	97.41	358	22:00
2024 Jun 3, 15:09	6875	0.0008	492	502	94.56	97.41	318	22:00
2024 Jun 4, 02:54	6876	0.0007	494	503	94.58	97.40	318	22:00
2024 Sep 6, 14:09	6876	0.0001	498	499	94.58	97.39	133	21:59
2024 Sep 7, 12:14	6877	0.0003	498	501	94.60	97.39	132	21:59
2024 Sep 8, 05:36	6879	0.0004	498	504	94.63	97.39	130	21:59
2024 Sep 8, 21:23	6880	0.0006	497	506	94.65	97.39	129	21:59
2024 Sep 9, 21:20	6881	0.0009	496	509	94.68	97.39	131	21:59
2024 Sep 10, 19:20	6882	0.0011	496	512	94.70	97.39	128	21:59
2025 Jan 16, 03:39	6875	0.0009	490	503	94.54	97.38	54	21:57
2025 Jan 19, 05:50	6882	0.0005	500	508	94.70	97.38	139	21:57

Chollima 1 upper stage 2023-179B 58401						in space
Launched Malligyong 1-03.
epoch (UTC)	s-m axis ( km )	eccentricity	perigee ( km )	apogee ( km )	period ( min )	incl ( ° )	ω ( ° )
2023 Nov 22, 00:12	6868	0.0033	467	512	94.40	97.41	302

2024-F02 - failed to reach orbit Chollima 1 (Improved UNHA-3?) Sohae Launch Centre						2024 May 27, 13:44
Malligyong 1 flight model 4
North Korean government/military optical imaging satellite aimed at sun-synchronous orbit at about 500 kilometres height and with LTDN 22:00 in order to match the orbit plane of the earlier Malligyong 1 (58400, 2023-179A). Lost when launch vehicle first stage failed.