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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Orbiter
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK, was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile test. Wikipedia
Launch date: April 12, 2012
Apogee altitude: 500 kilometres (300 mi)
Launch mass: ~100 kilograms (200 lb)
Rocket: Unha-3