Paektusan 11

Manufacturer: Korean Committee of Space Technology · Maiden flight: 31 August 1998 · Wikipedia (opens in new tab)

Taepodong-1 was a three-stage technology demonstrator developed by North Korea, a development step toward an intermediate-range ballistic missile. The missile was derived originally from the Scud rocket and was tested once in 1998 as a space launch vehicle. As a space launch vehicle, it was sometimes called the Paektusan 1.