Stoke Space, founded in 2020, is an American space launch company that is based in Kent, Washington. It is a launch provider focused on developing fully and rapidly reusable rockets, specifically the Nova launch vehicle, designed for low-cost, on-demand access to space. Stoke Space has received funding from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Space Force, and is constructing a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Key partners and customers include the U.S. Space Force. Associated keywords: reusable rockets, space launch, Nova, Zenith engine, Andromeda engine, space mobility, space logistics.
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Stoke Space intends to use the Series B funding for new construction at Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Stoke Space intends to use the Series B funding to develop the orbital version of its reusable second stage.
Stoke Space raised $100,000,000 in a new Series B investment on 2023-10-05.
Stoke Space conducted a successful vertical takeoff and vertical landing developmental test flight of its reusable second stage on 2023-09-17, at its testing facility in Moses Lake, Washington.
Stoke Space’s reentry vehicle successfully operated at 100% of the expected heat load in a simulated environment.
Stoke Space aims to design and build a rocket that is 100 percent reusable with a 24-hour turnaround.
The 2023-09-17 hop concluded Stoke Space’s Hopper effort to develop technologies for a future reusable upper stage.
Stoke Space has raised about $75,000,000 to date, including a $65,000,000 Series A round in late 2021.
Stoke Space flew its Hopper2 prototype upper stage at a test site in Moses Lake, Washington on 2023-09-17.
Stoke Space is building an efficient and rapidly reusable rocket with a fully reusable upper stage capable of delivering cargo to and from orbit.
Space Launch Delta 45 allocated Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to Stoke Space.
Several investors from Stoke Space’s $9,100,000 seed round announced in February participated in the Series A financing.
Stoke Space’s vehicle features an engine designed to operate both at low altitudes and in vacuum.
Stoke Space raised $65,000,000 in a Series A round announced on 2021-12-15 to fund development and testing of the upper stage of a reusable launch vehicle.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures led Stoke Space’s $65,000,000 Series A funding round.
The Series A funding will allow Stoke Space to complete development of a prototype upper stage and conduct a series of flight tests starting at the end of 2022.
Stoke Space plans to begin flight tests with low-altitude vertical takeoff and landing tests at its test site in Moses Lake, Washington, and to progress toward higher-altitude tests that may take place at other locations.
Stoke-Space Technologies raised $9,100,000 in seed capital for development work on a rocket second stage.
Stoke Space Technologies received a $225,000 Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Science Foundation in 2020 for an integrated propulsion solution to enable reusable upper stages.
Stoke Space Technologies received a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research award from NASA in 2020 to study a novel rocket engine configuration for upper stages and planetary landers.