MOMO | Flight 6
Launch Successful
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July 31, 2021, 8 a.m.
Launch Window
July 31, 2021, 7 a.m. - July 31, 2021, 9:20 a.m.
July 31, 2021, 7 a.m. - July 31, 2021, 9:20 a.m.
Despite the MOMO unit's number, this is the seventh flight of the sounding rocket. Company aims to reach space for the third time.
Successful launch.
Liftoff
Flight delayed to evening launch window.
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.
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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.
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