Suborbital
Despite the MOMO unit's number, this is the seventh flight of the sounding rocket. Company aims to reach space for the third time.
ISTECH Mission
#7
Pad Launch
#7
Location Launch
#7
Jul 31, 2021, 8:00 AM
1 update
7:00 AM
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9:20 AM
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Momo is a Japanese sounding rocket capable of delivering 20 kg to a height of 100 km. It is privately developed by Interstellar Technologies Inc. (IST). The v1 upgrade includes a higher thrust engine with a silica fiber reinforced plastic nozzle, as well as increased mass and length.
Length
10.1 m
Diameter
0.5 m
Launch Mass
1 t
Thrust
14 kN
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2021
Fastest Turnaround
27d 23h
Total Launches
2
Successful
2
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
2
Maiden flight: Jul 3, 2021
Rocket launch pad of Interstellar Technologies, located next to the Taiki Aerospace Research Field.
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Local Launch Time
Jul 31, 2021, 5:00 PM
Total Launches
7
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
42.5000, 143.4414
Interstellar Technologies, Inc. (Japanese: インターステラテクノロジズ(株) Hepburn: Intāsutera Tekunorojizu (kabu)) is a Japanese NewSpace company. It is a rocket spacelaunch company developing the MOMO launcher. Its stated goal is to reduce the cost of access to space. In 2017, it became the first Japanese company to launch a privately developed space rocket, though the launch was unsuccessful. The company plans to complete a rocket by 2020 that would be capable of launching small satellites into orbit.
Founded
2005
Administrator
President: Takahiro Inagawa
Total Launches
7
Successful
3
Failed
4
Pending
1
Consecutive Success
2