Korean Committee of Space Technology






















Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST)
조선우주공간기술위원회
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of North Korea
Minister responsible

  • Kim Yong-Chun, Minister of People's Armed Forces
Agency executive
  • Ryu Kum Chol, Deputy director of Space Development Department of Korean Committee for Space Technology

The Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선우주공간기술위원회, Hanja: 朝鮮宇宙空間技術委員會) was the agency of the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) responsible for the country's space program. The agency was terminated and succeeded by the National Aerospace Development Administration in 2013 after the Law on Space Development was passed in the 7th session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Operations


  • 3 Facilities


  • 4 Projects


  • 5 Launch history


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References





History


Very little information on it is publicly available. It is known to have been founded sometime in the 1980s,[1] and most likely is connected to the Artillery Guidance Bureau of the Korean People's Army.



Operations


The KCST was responsible for all operations concerning space exploration and construction of satellites. On 12 March 2009 North Korea signed the Outer Space Treaty and the Registration Convention,[2] after a previous declaration of preparations for a new satellite launch.



Facilities




Unha-3 Rocket on 8 April 2012 in Sohae


KCST operated the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and Sohae Satellite Launching Station rocket launching sites, Baekdusan-1 and Unha (Baekdusan-2) launchers, Kwangmyŏngsŏng satellites.


South Korea and the United States accused North Korea of using these facilities and the rockets as a cover for a military ballistic missile testing program.[3][4]




  • Sohae Satellite Launching Station built from the 2000s to 2010s with a launch pad completed in 2011.


  • Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground built from the 2000s to 2010s with a launch pad completed in 2011.



Projects


The DPRK twice announced that it launched satellites: Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 on August 31, 1998 and Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 on April 5, 2009. The USA and South Korea predicted that the launches would in actuality be military ballistic missile tests, but later confirmed that they had followed orbital launch trajectories.


In 2009 DPRK announced more ambitious future space projects including own manned space flights and development of a manned partially reusable launch vehicle.[5]shruti was launched on April 13, 2012 and ended in failure shortly after launch.[6] A follow-up attempt the following December, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, entered polar orbit as confirmed by various countries.



Launch history


This is a list of satellites launched.






























































Launch history

Satellite
Launch Date
(UTC)
Rocket
Launch Site
Status
Purpose

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1
 31 August 1998
Paektusan
Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground
 Failed to reach orbit
 Technology experimental satellite

4 July 2006
Unha-1
Launch Failure
 Rocket test (See 2006 North Korean missile test)

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
 5 April 2009
Unha-2
 Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground
 Failed to reach orbit
 Communications satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
 13 April 2012
Unha-3
Sohae Satellite Launching Station
 Launch Failure
 Observation satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2
 12 December 2012
 Unha-3
 Sohae Satellite Launching Station
 Successful launch
 Observation satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4
 7 February 2016
 Unha
 Sohae Satellite Launching Station
 Successful launch
 Observation satellite



See also




  • List of government space agencies

  • List of space agencies

  • National Aerospace Development Administration




References





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  2. ^ "KCNA Report on DPRK's Accession to International Space Treaty and Convention". KCNA. 2009-03-12. Archived from the original on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2009-03-14.


  3. ^ Choe Sang-Hun (23 December 2012). "North Korean Missile Said to Have Military Purpose". New York Times.


  4. ^ "UN Security Council condemns North Korea rocket launch". BBC News. Retrieved 15 February 2016.


  5. ^ "shruti"". chaudhary. 2019-02-06. Retrieved February 6, 2019.


  6. ^ "North Korea rocket launch 'fails'". April 13, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.











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