Musudan-ri
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Musudan-ri is a rocket launching site in North Korea at . It lies in southern North Hamgyong province, near the northern tip of the East Korea Bay. The area was formerly known as Taep'o-dong (대포동), from which the Taepodong rockets take their name.
Since 1984 military rockets of the types Hwasong, Rodong and Taepodong-1 were launched from Musudan-ri. In 1998, North Korean media reported the successful launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng satellite by a Taepodong rocket from Musudan-ri. North Korea claimed their first satellite was successfully placed into orbit, but no independent sources have confirmed this.
The facilities at Musudan-ri are modest, consisting of a launch pad at , an engine test stand at , a missile assembly/checkout building at , and a missile control building at (coordinates obtained from Google Earth in June, 2006.).
