Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 (Korean: 광명성 3호; lit. '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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