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Albert H. Anoubon Momo received the Geospatial Diversity Champion of the Year award at GWF 2024 and chaired the WGIC DEI Committee.
Albert Momo previously worked as a management and program analyst at USAID on a joint USAID-NASA project leveraging geospatial data and technologies to help developing countries.
The Momo-2 rocket is designed to carry 20 kg of payload to 100 km altitude, commonly defined as the Karman Line, followed by parachute recovery.
Momo-2 is designed to provide two to six minutes of microgravity flight time.
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.