Privately developed Japan rocket reaches outer space for 1st time

A Japanese aerospace startup successfully launched a small rocket Saturday, making it the country's first privately developed model to reach outer space.Interstellar Technology Inc. said the unmanned MOMO-3, launched from its test site on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, reached about 113 kilometers in altitude before falling into the Pacific Ocean after around eight minutes of flight time."We have proved that we can send (a rocket) to space at low cost," Takahiro Inagawa, president of Interstellar Technology, told a press conference.The rocket, 10 meters in length, 50 centimet…READ FULL ARTICLE