MOMO v1
ActiveInterstellar Technologies (ISTECH)
July 3, 2021
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 v1 upgrade includes a higher thrust engine with a silica fiber reinforced plastic nozzle, as well as increased mass and length.
Specifications
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Stages
1 -
Length
10.1 m -
Diameter
0.5 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
1.0 T -
Thrust
14.0 kN -
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
100.0 km
Family
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Name
MOMO v1 -
Family
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Variant
v1 -
Alias
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Full Name
MOMO v1
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
Commercial
President: 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.
MOMO | Flight 6
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MOMO | Flight 7
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July 3, 2021, 8:45 a.m.
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