Momo is a Japanese sounding rocket capable of delivering 20 kg to a height of 100 km. It is privately developed by Interstellar Technologies Inc. (IST). The single stage Momo is powered by a pressure-fed engine fueled with ethanol and liquid oxygen. The engine is gimbaled for steering, with cold gas thrusters providing roll control. Momo v0 was replaced by v1 in 2021.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 12 kN
- Height
- 9.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.5 m
- Launch mass
- 1 t
- Stages
- 1
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
5
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
20%
1 of 5
Current success streak
0
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- MOMO | Flight 5 — Failure
- MOMO | Flight 4 — Failure
- MOMO | Flight 3 — Success
- MOMO | Launch 2 — Failure
- MOMO | 1st Test Flight — Failure