Hokkaido venture to launch privately developed rocket on July 29

Hokkaido venture to launch privately developed rocket on July 29

Takahiro Inagawa (L), the president of Interstellar Technologies Inc., a space venture based in Hokkaido, shakes hands with its founder and former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie alongside their rocket model in Tokyo on July 6, 2017. The venture company said it will launch a small-sized rocket, MOMO, developed independently without government funding from the northern main island on July 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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