Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2
kwangmyongsong-3-unit-2-1753082472478-0e6896
Description
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 was the first satellite successfully launched from North Korea, an Earth observation spacecraft that was launched on 12 December 2012, 00:49 UTC, in order to replace the original Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, which failed to reach orbit on 13 April 2012. The United Nations Security Council condemned the satellite launch, regarding it as a violation of the ban on North Korean ballistic missile tests, as the rocket technology is the same.
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