Japan’s potential SpaceX competitor achieves mixed results in first launch techcrunch.com

posted by  banzaitokyo | 7 years, 3 months ago in Science & Technology

A Japanese startup commercial rocket launch attempted to launch a 10-meter tall ‘Momo’ rocket to orbit on Sunday, but while the rocket achieved liftoff, it only made it about one-fifth of its total target altitude. The failure to reach orbit isn’t dissuading Interstellar Technologies, however – the company will try again, and should be able to improve its process using valuable data gathered in its inaugural attempt.