Successful launch of private rocket
May 15, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Controversial Japanese entrepreneur Takafumi Horie speaks during a news conference at the foreign correspondents Earlier this month, a private space company Horie and a group of investors founded successfully Earlier this month, a private space company Horie and a group of investors founded successfully launched an unmanned rocket into space, achieving an altitude of 113 km in four minutes before dropping in the Pacific Ocean. Technologies is now developing a rocket that can put small satellites into orbit, and hopes to begin commercial operations in 2023. Sakai/AFLO) AYF-mis-