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Paektusan-1

Military Space Launch Vehicles · North Korea

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Paektusan-1

⚙ Taepodong-1 variant

MASS (Military Archive Scoring System) 20

* Absolute score — assessed within category · no era adjustment

Payload Capacity

Reliability

Cost-Efficiency

Responsiveness / Cadence

Reusability

Orbit Versatility

Precision

Technology

Strategic Value

Human-Rating

Methodology ↗ → Military Space Launch Vehicles ranking

Origin

North Korea

CategoryMilitary Space Launch Vehicles

⊕ History

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MASS(Military Archive Scoring System)

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Military Space Launch Vehicles MASS Rating

262/296

All-Time

Military Space Launch Vehicles · 10 axes scored

Payload Capacity

Reliability

Cost-Efficiency

Responsiveness / Cadence

Reusability

Orbit Versatility

Precision

Technology

Strategic Value

Human-Rating

ⓘ Regardless of era, the same scoring system applies to all units in the military space launch vehicles category.

01 / Overview

Paektusan-1

Category

Military Space Launch Vehicles

Country

North Korea

💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗

MILITARY SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES

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PERFORMANCE/PRICE

UNIT COST (2025 USD)

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MASS SCORE ↗

military space launch vehicles category

ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the military space launch vehicles category, regardless of era.

02 / Specs & Design

03 / History

04 / MASS Score

MILITARY SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES RANKING Military Space Launch Vehicles

#261

Delta L 21 #262

Triamese 20 #263

Paektusan-1 (this weapon) VARIANT 20 #264

OmegA 20 #265

Scout X-1 20

MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗

262MILITARY SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES 51NORTH KOREA · ALL WEAPONS 271PERFORMANCE/PRICE · MILITARY SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES

ⓘ Rankings are within theMilitary Space Launch Vehiclescategory.

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