launched fromNorth Korea

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Name: Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Start: 2009-04-05T02:30:15Z
Location: Tonghae

Failure

APR 05200902:30:15 UTC

North Korea claimed the launch was successful; however, no objects were tracked in orbit.

LIFTOFF

APR 05 2009

02:30:15 UTC

Failure

launched fromTonghae

aboardUnha 2intoLEO

Payload

Technology demonstration