Flight 6
MOMO
Interstellar Technologies
Rocket Launch Videos
Mission
Flight 6
- Type: Suborbital
- Orbit: 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.
Location
Launch Complex 0
Hokkaido Spaceport, Japan
Launch Complex 0 has witnessed the launch of 7 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While Hokkaido Spaceport, Japan, has been the site for 7 rocket launches.
Rocket launch pad of Interstellar Technologies, located next to the Taiki Aerospace Research Field.
Rocket
Interstellar Technologies MOMO v1
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.
Agency
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.
Long live the MOMO Launcher .