<Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 - 81 </Td> <Td> North Korea commences its missile development program using Scud - B from the Soviet Union and a launchpad from Egypt . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> First Scud - B missile test firing . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Operational deployment of Scud - B and Scud - C missiles . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> First Rodong missile test . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993 </Td> <Td> 1993 North Korean missile test - ( May 29 / 30 , 1993 ) - Nodong </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> North Korea fires off its first ballistic missile , the Unha - 1 rocket , also known as the Taepodong - 1 missile , from the launch site of Musudan - ri in North Hamgyong Province . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> North Korea agrees to a moratorium on long - range missile tests . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> North Korea pledges to extend moratorium on missile tests beyond 2003 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> North Korea reaffirms moratorium . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> North Korea fires short - range missile into Sea of Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July 5 , 2006 </Td> <Td> 2006 North Korean missile test - Taepodong - 2 failed </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 5 , 2009 </Td> <Td> Failed orbit of the Kwangmyongsong - 2 satellite aboard an Unha - 2 carrier rocket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July 4 , 2009 </Td> <Td> 2009 North Korean missile test </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 13 , 2012 </Td> <Td> Failed launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng - 3 satellite aboard an Unha - 3 carrier rocket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 12 , 2012 </Td> <Td> Successful launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng - 3 Unit 2 satellite aboard a three stage rocket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 18 -- 20 , 2013 </Td> <Td> 2013 North Korean missile tests ( part of 2013 Korean crisis ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March 2014 </Td> <Td> 2014 North Korean missile tests including Nodong , success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 2015 </Td> <Td> North Korea claims to launch a missile from a submarine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> February 7 , 2016 </Td> <Td> Successful launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng - 4 satellite </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 2016 </Td> <Td> Test of engine designed for an intercontinental ballistic missile </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> August 2016 </Td> <Td> North Korea claims to launch a Pukkuksong - 1 missile capable of striking the United States . The missile is a Submarine - launched ballistic missile . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> October 15 , 2016 </Td> <Td> Failed North Korean ballistic missile launch - </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> October 19 , 2016 </Td> <Td> Failed launch of an intermediate - range missile </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> February 11 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired a Pukguksong - 2 missile over the Sea of Japan . This was the first launch of the new medium - range ballistic missile . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March 6 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea launches four ballistic missiles from the Tongchang - ri launch site in the northwest . Some flew 620 mi ( 1,000 km ) before falling into the Sea of Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 4 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired a medium - range ballistic missile from its eastern port of Sinpo into the Sea of Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 15 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired an unidentified land - based missile from the naval base in Sinpo but it exploded almost immediately after the takeoff . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 28 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired an unidentified missile from Pukchang airfield . Missile , believed to be a medium - range KN - 17 ballistic missile , falters and breaks apart minutes after liftoff . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 13 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired a Hwasong - 12 missile from a test site in the area of Kusong . The missile , later revealed to be an intermediate range ballistic missile , traveled 30 minutes , reached an altitude of more than 2,111.5 km , and flew a horizontal distance of 789 km ( 489 miles ) , before falling into the Sea of Japan . Such a missile would have a range of at least 4,000 , reaching Guam , to 6,000 km . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 21 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired another Pukguksong
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 - 81 </Td> <Td> North Korea commences its missile development program using Scud - B from the Soviet Union and a launchpad from Egypt . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> First Scud - B missile test firing . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Operational deployment of Scud - B and Scud - C missiles . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> First Rodong missile test . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993 </Td> <Td> 1993 North Korean missile test - ( May 29 / 30 , 1993 ) - Nodong </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> North Korea fires off its first ballistic missile , the Unha - 1 rocket , also known as the Taepodong - 1 missile , from the launch site of Musudan - ri in North Hamgyong Province . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> North Korea agrees to a moratorium on long - range missile tests . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> North Korea pledges to extend moratorium on missile tests beyond 2003 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> North Korea reaffirms moratorium . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> North Korea fires short - range missile into Sea of Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July 5 , 2006 </Td> <Td> 2006 North Korean missile test - Taepodong - 2 failed </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 5 , 2009 </Td> <Td> Failed orbit of the Kwangmyongsong - 2 satellite aboard an Unha - 2 carrier rocket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> July 4 , 2009 </Td> <Td> 2009 North Korean missile test </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 13 , 2012 </Td> <Td> Failed launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng - 3 satellite aboard an Unha - 3 carrier rocket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 12 , 2012 </Td> <Td> Successful launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng - 3 Unit 2 satellite aboard a three stage rocket </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 18 -- 20 , 2013 </Td> <Td> 2013 North Korean missile tests ( part of 2013 Korean crisis ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March 2014 </Td> <Td> 2014 North Korean missile tests including Nodong , success </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 2015 </Td> <Td> North Korea claims to launch a missile from a submarine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> February 7 , 2016 </Td> <Td> Successful launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng - 4 satellite </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 2016 </Td> <Td> Test of engine designed for an intercontinental ballistic missile </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> August 2016 </Td> <Td> North Korea claims to launch a Pukkuksong - 1 missile capable of striking the United States . The missile is a Submarine - launched ballistic missile . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> October 15 , 2016 </Td> <Td> Failed North Korean ballistic missile launch - </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> October 19 , 2016 </Td> <Td> Failed launch of an intermediate - range missile </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> February 11 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired a Pukguksong - 2 missile over the Sea of Japan . This was the first launch of the new medium - range ballistic missile . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March 6 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea launches four ballistic missiles from the Tongchang - ri launch site in the northwest . Some flew 620 mi ( 1,000 km ) before falling into the Sea of Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 4 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired a medium - range ballistic missile from its eastern port of Sinpo into the Sea of Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 15 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired an unidentified land - based missile from the naval base in Sinpo but it exploded almost immediately after the takeoff . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 28 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired an unidentified missile from Pukchang airfield . Missile , believed to be a medium - range KN - 17 ballistic missile , falters and breaks apart minutes after liftoff . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 13 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired a Hwasong - 12 missile from a test site in the area of Kusong . The missile , later revealed to be an intermediate range ballistic missile , traveled 30 minutes , reached an altitude of more than 2,111.5 km , and flew a horizontal distance of 789 km ( 489 miles ) , before falling into the Sea of Japan . Such a missile would have a range of at least 4,000 , reaching Guam , to 6,000 km . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> May 21 , 2017 </Td> <Td> North Korea test - fired another Pukguksong
when did north korea launch the first missile
when did north korea launch the first missile
1984
1984