Interstellar Technologies (IST) is a Japanese private spaceflight company established in 2013, aiming to reduce the cost of space access. They develop, manufacture, and launch rockets, including the MOMO sounding rocket and the ZERO orbital launch vehicle, targeting the small satellite market. IST is pursuing a vertically integrated business model combining rocket launches with satellite communications, and has partnered with companies like Toyota to leverage expertise in mass production for scalable and cost-effective rocket development.
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Interstellar Technologies planned to complete component testing for the regeneratively cooled main combustion chamber, turbopump, and gas generator and to perform an integrated firing test in early 2019.
Interstellar Technologies, based in Hokkaido, Japan, attempted the second launch of the Momo-2 rocket on 2018-06-29.
Momo-2 features an engine, avionics, and other components built in-house by Interstellar Technologies.
Interstellar Technologies is using its work on Momo-2 to develop an orbital vehicle called Zero for 100-kilogram smallsat missions to low Earth orbit.