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
  • 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

Falcon 9
Success
11 hours, 8 minutes ago
Starlink Group 10-33
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 12 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-46
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 20 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-24
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Kuaizhou 11
Success
3 days, 21 hours ago
8 satellites
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Ride-share launch of 8 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit: * Juntian-1-04A * Dongpo-11 * Dongpo-12 * Dongpo-16 * Weitong-1-01 * Xiguang-1-06…


Long March 6A
Success
4 days, 12 hours ago
Yaogan 50-02
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

The Yaogan 50-02 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.