Success
Flight 7
Suborbital
Interstellar Technologies(ISTECH)CommercialMOMO v1
Suborbit
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.
Saturday, July 3, 2021 at 8:45 AM
Replay
Mission details
ISTECH Mission
#6
Pad Launch
#6
Location Launch
#6
Launch Window
NET
Jul 3, 2021, 8:45 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
2:10 AM
Window Open
8:50 AM
Window Close
MOMO v1 Specs
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
Social Flight Log
- Jul 3, 2021, 10:06 AM
Successful launch. MOMO reached an apogee of 99 km.
Source - Jul 3, 2021, 8:45 AM
Liftoff
Source - Jul 3, 2021, 8:39 AM
Now targeting 8:45 UTC.
Source - Jul 3, 2021, 8:25 AM
Now targeting 8:40 UTC.
Source - Jul 3, 2021, 7:28 AM
Now targeting between 08:20 and 08:50 UTC.
- Jul 3, 2021, 6:49 AM
Launch now targeted between 7:45 and 8:50 UTC.
Source - Jul 3, 2021, 6:34 AM
Teams have left the pad. Launch targeted during the 07:05-08:50 UTC window.
Source - Jul 3, 2021, 12:55 AM
Targeting second window
Source - Jun 29, 2021, 5:41 AM
Launch scheduled July 3 between 0210 and 0320, 0705 and 0850, 2015 and 2250 UTC per NOTAM P2439/21.
Hokkaido Spaceport, Japan
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
Interstellar Technologies
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