No-dong-A Flight Tests Record
By © C. P Vick, 2006, 7, 8
03-01-07/08-19-08
Disclaimer
The opinions and evaluations stated here in are only the authors and cannot be construed to reflect those of any Government agency, company, institute or association. It is based on public information, circumstantial evidence, informed speculation, declassified U.S. intelligence community documents, official Iranian and North Korean government documents and histories, oral histories, interviews and reverse engineering analysis. As with all data regarding the Iranian and North Korean strategic space and ballistic missile programs, this analysis is subject to revision--and represents a work in progress.
No-dong-A Flight Tests Record:
| No-dong-A | North Korea (Scud mod-D) | |
| Shahab-3, 3A | Iranian No-dong-A | |
| Shahab-3D | Iran new variant of No-dong-A with second stage solid motor, IRIS?+ | |
| Shabab-3B | up-rated No-dong-A++ | |
| Shahab-3C/Ghadr | up-rated Shahab-3B | |
| Shahab-3C/Kavoshgar | up-rated Shahab-3B sounding rocket | |
| Safir | two, three stage compacted Taep'o-dong-1 | |
| Ghauri-II/Hatf-V | Pakistani No-dong-A | |
| No-dong-B/Mirim/Shahab-4 | Iran for North Korea & Iran SS-N-6/SS-NX-13 varient +++ |
| Dates | North Korea | Iran | Pakistan | Successes / Failures (S/F) operational | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-1988 start program | |||||
| 1 | May ? , 1990 | * | F | ||
| 1A | October./November. ?, 1990 | Cancelled | |||
| 2 | June ?, 1992 | * | F | ||
| 3 | May 29 or 30th 1993 | *Operational | S | ||
| 3A | May ?, 1994 | * | Cancelled | ||
| 4 | April 6, 1998 | * | S | ||
| 5 | July 22, 1998 | * | F | ||
| 5A | August 31, 1998 | * | TD-1 Failure | ||
| 6 | April 14, 1999 | * | S | ||
| 6A | February 20, 2000 | * | S not confirmed | ||
| 7 | July 15, 2000 | * | S | ||
| 7A | August 15, 2000 not confirmed | * | S | ||
| 8 | September 21, 2000 +Shahab-3D? | * | F | ||
| 8A | 2000/2001 | * | S not confirmed | ||
| 9 | April 14, 2002 | * | S | ||
| 10 | May 23, 2002 | * | S | ||
| 11 | May 25, 2002 | * | S | ||
| 12 | July ? , 2002 | * | F | ||
| 13 | July 4, 2002 | * | S | ||
| January 2003 0perational | |||||
| 14 | July 7, 2003 | * | S | ||
| July 2003 Operational | |||||
| 15 | March 10, 2004 | * | S | ||
| 16 | May 29, 2004 | * | S | ||
| 17 | June 04, 2004 | * | S | ||
| 18 | August 11, 2004 ++ Shahab-3B | * | S | ||
| 19 | October 12, 2004 | * | S | ||
| 20 | October 20, 2004 ++ Shahab-3B | * Operational | S | ||
| 21 | May 23, 2005 | * | S | ||
| 22 | January 17, 2006 +++ Shahab-4 | * Operational | S | ||
| 23 | July 5, 2006 | *Operational | S | ||
| 24 | July 5, 2006 | * | S | ||
| July 5, 2006 | * | TD-2 Failure | |||
| 25 | July 25, 2006 | * | S | ||
| 26 | July 5, 2006? | * | S | ||
| 27 | Nov. 2, 2006 | * | S | ||
| 28 | Nov. 16, 2006 | * | S | ||
| 29 | Feb. 25, 2007 Shahab-3B, sub orbital sounding rocket flight test | * | S/F? | ||
| 30 | Feb. 4, 2008 Kavoshgar-1,2 / Ghadr-1 sub orbital sounding rocket flight test | * | S | ||
| 31 | Safir-A Feb. 4, 2008 First Flight Test second stage failure to ignite properly | * | F | ||
| 32 | Shahab-3A July 8, 2008 | * | S | ||
| 33 | Safir-B Flight test Second stage failed to perform properly third stage unknown |
* | F | ||
| TOTALS | 2+13=10 | 15+3+5f=19 | 10 | 7F/32S=39 total+ |
CPV 03-18-08/08-19-08
