About Flight 7
Sixth flight of Interstellar Technologies MOMO rocket. First flight using the MOMO v1 design bringing various improvements over MOMO v0. It reached an apogee altitude of 99 km.
ISTECH Mission
#6
Pad Launch
#6
Location Launch
#6
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
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
Rocket launch pad of Interstellar Technologies, located next to the Taiki Aerospace Research Field.
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Local Launch Time
Jul 3, 2021, 5:45 PM
Total Launches
7
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
42.5000, 143.4414
Jul 3, 2021, 8:45 AM
1 update
2:10 AM
Window Open
8:50 AM
Window Close
Successful launch. MOMO reached an apogee of 99 km.
SourceLiftoff
SourceNow targeting 8:45 UTC.
SourceNow targeting 8:40 UTC.
SourceNow targeting between 08:20 and 08:50 UTC.
Launch now targeted between 7:45 and 8:50 UTC.
SourceTeams have left the pad. Launch targeted during the 07:05-08:50 UTC window.
SourceTargeting second window
SourceLaunch scheduled July 3 between 0210 and 0320, 0705 and 0850, 2015 and 2250 UTC per NOTAM P2439/21.
