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Korean Committee of Space Technology

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The Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST;, 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. [1]

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Government of North Korea

In the government of North Korea, the Cabinet is the administrative and executive body.

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Hanja

Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters.

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Human spaceflight

Human spaceflight (also referred to as crewed spaceflight or manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew or passengers aboard the spacecraft.

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Kim Yong-chun

Kim Yong-chun (born 4 March 1936) is a North Korean soldier and politician.

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Korean Central News Agency

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is the state news agency of North Korea.

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Korean People's Army

The Korean People's Army (KPA) is an institution of the Workers' Party of Korea, and constitutes the de facto military force of North Korea.

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Korean People's Army Strategic Force

The Strategic Rocket Forces (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선인민군 전략로케트군, Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 戰略로케트軍), also known as Missile Guidance Bureau (Chosŏn'gŭl: 미사일지도국; Hanja: 미사일指導局) is a military branch of the Korean People's Army that oversees North Korea's nuclear and conventional strategic missiles.

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 or Gwangmyeongseong-1 (Chosungul: 광명성 1호, Hanja: 光明星 1號, meaning Bright Star 1) was a satellite launched by North Korea on 31 August 1998.

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 (광명성 2호, meaning Bright Star-2 or Lode Star-2) was a satellite launched by North Korea on April 5, 2009.

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 (English: Bright Star-3 or Lode Star-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.

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 or Gwangmyeongseong-3 ho 2-hogi (English: Bright Star-3 Unit 2 or Lodestar-3 Unit 2) is the first satellite successfully launched from North Korea, an Earth observation spacecraft that was launched on 12 December 2012, 00:49 UTC, in order to replace the original Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, which failed to reach orbit on 13 April 2012.

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4

Kwangmyongsong-4 or KMS-4 is an earth observation satellite launched by North Korea on 7 February 2016.

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List of government space agencies

This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration.

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National Aerospace Development Administration

National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) is the official space agency of North Korea, succeeding the Korean Committee of Space Technology.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Outer Space Treaty

The Outer Space Treaty, formally the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, is a treaty that forms the basis of international space law.

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Registration Convention

The Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (commonly known as the Registration Convention) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1974 and went into force in 1976.

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Rodong Sinmun

Rodong Sinmun (로동신문,, Workers' Newspaper) is a North Korean newspaper that is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

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Sohae Satellite Launching Station

Sohae Satellite Launching Station (also known as Tongch'ang-dong Space Launch Center and Pongdong-ri) is a rocket launching site in Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea.

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Space exploration

Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of evolving and growing space technology.

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Taepodong-1

Taepodong-1 (대포동-1) was a three-stage technology demonstrator developed by North Korea, a development step toward an intermediate-range ballistic missile.

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Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground

The Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground, also known as Musudan-ri, is a rocket launching site in North Korea.

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Unha

The Unha or Eunha (은하, 銀河, "Galaxy") is a North Korean expendable carrier rocket, which partially utilizes the same delivery system as the Taepodong-2 long-range ballistic missile.

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2006 North Korean missile test

Two rounds of North Korean missile tests were conducted on July 5, 2006.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Committee_of_Space_Technology

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