Interstellar Technologies - Zero
Launcher name |
Zero |
Launcher status |
Development |
First launch |
2025 |
Launch delay |
First announced launch: 2020 |
Launch cost |
$5.4M |
Cost per kg |
21600 $/kg |
Performance |
250 kg |
Propellant type |
Methane |
Reusability |
Not planned |
Photos |
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Photo sources |
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Company name |
Interstellar Technologies |
Oneliner |
Interstellar is a small, veteran-owned business focused on providing innovations in design and manufacturing for propulsion and space systems.
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Notes |
- A disruptor-in-chief is driving Japan's space dream, 2018-02-16.
- Initially, Interstellar engineers were designing an orbital rocket to loft 100 kilograms to low Earth orbit starting in 2020. After surveying the market and finding little demand for vehicles of that size, Interstellar began planning for a larger rocket. Zero, a vehicle designed to send nearly one metric ton to low-Earth orbit, SpaceNews, 2023-08-09.
- This Space.com article also states 1000 kg: Zero will be 82 feet (25 meters) long with a 5.6-foot (1.7 m) diameter, slightly larger than Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle. It will be able to lift around 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) to low Earth orbit and will launch from Japan's Hokkaido Spaceport, 2023-08-16.
- Hwever, as of late September, Zero is capable of 800 kg to LEO and 250 kg to SSO.
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Funding |
$55M+ |
Country |
Japan |
Established |
2003 |
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Last modified: 2023-10-06