🇯🇵Hokkaido Spaceport HOSPO
Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan, Japan
Country
🇯🇵 Japan
Region
Asia
Established
2021
Launches / Year
2-4
Coordinates
42.5000° N, 143.4000° E
About
Hokkaido Spaceport (HOSPO) is a commercial launch site under development in Taiki, Hokkaido, in northern Japan. The facility is being built to support Interstellar Technologies' ZERO small orbital rocket and other commercial launch vehicles. Its northern location provides direct access to polar and sun-synchronous orbits over the Pacific Ocean.
Key Features
Commercial spaceport under construction in northern Japan
Primary site for Interstellar Technologies' ZERO orbital rocket
High-latitude location ideal for polar and SSO launches over the Pacific
Existing suborbital launch operations for MOMO sounding rockets
Designed to be Japan's first private-sector-led orbital launch site
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
MOMO suborbital rocket tests by Interstellar Technologies (2017-present)
MOMO F7 (2021) — First successful MOMO flight to 100km
ZERO orbital rocket first launch targeted for mid-2020s
Growing suborbital test and research mission cadence