Japan’s second-biggest carmaker Honda has successfully tested an experimental reusable rocket, the company said, as it seeks to expand into the space sector.
Honda, which hopes to develop the tech prowess for a suborbital launch by 2029, conducted a test flight of its rocket in Hokkaido.
The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a rocket after reaching an altitude of nearly 300 meters,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The prototype device, around 6 meters tall, landed only 37 centimeters from its designated landing spot after the one-minute flight.
Demand for satellite launch rockets is expected to increase in the coming years as expectations grow for “a data system in outer space,” the Honda statement said. “Honda has chosen to take on the technological challenge of developing reusable rockets by utilizing Honda technologies amassed in the development of various products and automated driving systems.”
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