ZERO

In-active

Interstellar Technologies (ISTECH)

None

Description

Microsatellite Launch Vehicle developed by Japanese private company Interstellar Technologies.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
32.0 m
Diameter
2.3 m
Fairing Diameter
2.3 m
Launch Mass
71.0 T
Thrust
―

Family

Name
ZERO
Family
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Variant
―
Alias
―
Full Name
ZERO

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
800.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
250.0 kg

Interstellar Technologies

Commercial

President: Takahiro Inagawa

ISTECH 2005

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.

Upcoming Spaceflights

ZERO | Maiden Flight

Interstellar Technologies | Japan
Hokkaido Spaceport, Japan
TBD December, 2027

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

First test flight of ZERO, the first orbital rocket developed by Japanese private company Interstellar Technologies.

Low Earth Orbit

Explore Share

Flight Record

No spaceflights found for .

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Success

1 day, 6 hours ago

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