Yellow Sea Launch Area

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Type: Sea Launch Area. Latitude: 35.00000 deg. Longitude: 125.00000 deg.

Submarine-launched ballistic missile launch area known to have been used for 7 launches from 1982 to 2005, reaching up to 1000 kilometers altitude.

General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1982 April 30 - Launch Vehicle: JL-1. JL-1 CSS-NX-3 Test mission Agency: PRC. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1982 October 12 - Launch Vehicle: JL-1. Test mission Agency: PRC. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1985 September 28 - Launch Vehicle: JL-1. FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: PRC. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1988 September 27 - Launch Vehicle: JL-1. First JL-1 SLBM launch. First successful JL-1 launch, impacting 123.53 deg N, 28.13 deg E.

2004 July 1 - Launch Vehicle: DF-31. FAILURE: Failure. Agency: PRC. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

2005 June 12 - Launch Vehicle: DF-31. Agency: PRC. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

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