Korean People's Army: Government / agency (North Korea), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Korean People's Army

0Orbital launches

289All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Korean People's Army is a government organisation based in North Korea, founded in 1948. Our records show 289 launches.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Strategic Rocket Division, Korean People's Army 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Strategic Rocket Division, KPA 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Strategic Rocket Division, Ministry of People's Armed Forces 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
12 Oct 2026	2026-M12	Hwasong-16Na	CHDONG?	Success
12 Oct 2026	2026-A08	Hwasong-16Na	CHDONG?	Success
2 Oct 2026	2026-S261	Hwasong-16Na	WONSAN?	Success
20 Sep 2026	2026-M11	Hwasong-16Na	WONSAN	Success
20 Sep 2026	2026-M10	Hwasong-16Na	WONSAN	Success
20 Aug 2026	2026-S253	KN-25	SUNAN?	Success
20 Aug 2026	2026-S252	KN-25	SUNAN?	Success
20 Aug 2026	2026-S250	KN-25	SUNAN?	Success
20 Aug 2026	2026-S249	KN-25	SUNAN?	Success
20 Aug 2026	2026-S256	KN-25	SUNAN?	Success
20 Aug 2026	2026-S255	KN-25	SUNAN?	Success
20 Aug 2026	2026-S257	KN-25	SUNAN?	Success

Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.