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.

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