MOMO
Active MOMOInterstellar Technologies (ISTECH)
July 30, 2017
Description
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 single stage Momo is powered by a pressure-fed engine fueled with ethanol and liquid oxygen. The engine is gimbaled for steering, with cold gas thrusters providing roll control.
Specifications
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Stages
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Length
9.9 m -
Diameter
0.502 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
1 T -
Thrust
12 kN -
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
100 km
Family
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Name
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Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
MOMO
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Interstellar Technologies
None
Takahiro Inagawa
ISTECH 2005Interstellar 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.
Upcoming Spaceflights
MOMO | Flight 5
Interstellar Technologies | JPNTaiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
April 30, 2020, midnight
MOMO | Flight 4
Interstellar Technologies | JPNTaiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
July 27, 2019, 7:20 a.m.
Status: Failure
Mission: Suborbital
The Momo-4 rocket will carry a research device developed by Kochi University of Technology and release a paper plane in space as part of an experiment proposed by Castem Co., a precision parts manufacturer based in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, that provided some of the funding for the project.
Sub-OrbitalMOMO | Flight 3
Interstellar Technologies | JPNTaiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
May 4, 2019, 8:45 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Suborbital
Flight duration : 515 seconds Maximum altitude : 113.4 km Downrange : 37 km from the launch site This was the first successful attempt following two consecutive failures for the previous MOMO series, and has provided valuable telemetry data for further development within IST.
Sub-OrbitalMOMO | Launch 2
Interstellar Technologies | JPNTaiki-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
June 29, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
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