TOKYO -- Japanese rocket startup Interstellar Technologies will launch a sounding rocket as early as the spring, which will make it the country's first private company to make it into space as Japan goes after China and the U.S. in the growing space business.
The Hokkaido company founded by Takafumi Horie, a high-profile investor, said on Tuesday that Momo, its 10-meter long, 1-ton sounding rocket, is nearly ready for launch.
