Interstellar Technologies

Flight record

These are launches under ISTECH’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, ISTECH is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

No scheduled flight names ISTECH with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About ISTECH

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 launches

• ZERO | Maiden Flight

  ZERO · Hokkaido Spaceport, Japan

  2027

  TBDNET YEAR ONLYOrbit: LEOVehicle file

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

ISTECH in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Common questions

How many launches has Interstellar Technologies flown?

Interstellar Technologies has flown 7 launches under its own name. 3 succeeded and 4 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.

What is Interstellar Technologies's success rate?

42.9%. That's 3 successful flights out of 7 attempts. Its last 2 launches in a row have succeeded.

When is Interstellar Technologies's next launch?

ZERO | Maiden Flight, set for 2027 from Launch Complex 1. Launch Library files only the year, so the date is a placeholder. Launch times are no-earlier-than targets and can move.

Does Interstellar Technologies fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?

Interstellar Technologies has flown 7 launches under its own name. It's the operator on 1 scheduled flight. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.

Where is Interstellar Technologies based?

Japan. Launch Library lists it as a commercial operator, founded in 2005.