HOKKAIDO, Jun 19 (News On Japan) –
Honda has introduced that it efficiently accomplished a touchdown and takeoff experiment with a small rocket in Taiki City, positioned in Hokkaido’s Tokachi area. This achievement marks the primary time a Japanese non-public firm has achieved this feat.
On the afternoon of the seventeenth, simply after 4 p.m., a 6.3-meter-long rocket was launched from a devoted testing web site in Taiki City. After reaching an altitude of 300 meters, the rocket reversed course and returned to its launch level, resembling a reverse launch sequence.
The flight lasted roughly one minute.
This expertise, not like conventional disposable rockets, is designed for repeated reuse. Notably, the rocket’s angle management system makes use of expertise initially developed for self-driving vehicles.
Yoshinori Odakiri, CEO of Hokkaido House Kotan, which is concerned in spaceport improvement in Taiki City, remarked, “The success of this experiment by Honda is a big affect and supplies an important alternative to boost consciousness of this location, each domestically and internationally.”
Following this experiment, Honda plans to pause improvement of the reusable rocket and concentrate on creating a rocket able to reaching area by 2029.
Supply: HBCニュース 北海道放送
