North Korea's First Satellite Launch

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Taepodong 1 was North Korea's first space launch vehicle

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No-Dong 1 IRBM first stage used a cluster of four rocket engines derived from the Scud-C' version produced by the North Koreans .

The Pentagon at first claimed it was an ICBM launch, and that the satellite story was just a cover for the test.

Despite these claims no foreign observer ever detected the satellite visually, by radar, or picked up its radio signals.

Video of the launch, the satellite, and an animation of the satellite in orbit around the earth were distributed to foreign news agencies the following weekend.

The Pentagon at first claimed it was an ICBM launch, and that the satellite story was just a cover for the test.

However on further analysis of the data collected on the launch they admitted nearly a month later that there had been some a satellite launch attempt.

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