STOKE delivers satellites directly to their final orbit using 100% reusable rockets. They’re low-cost, on-demand, and designed to fly daily.
Created: 2021-07-27
Updated: 2023-03-04
Company - Stoke Space
Product/Service
- Classification
- Cargo Transportation & Landers
- Category
- Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Microgravity Flight Service (LEO)
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
- Fields
- Reusable
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
Fully reusable stage 2
Actively (regeneratively) cooled metallic re-entry heat shield with integrated modular LH2/LOX rocket engine is robust, resilient to damage, and operates with passive failure modes. Designed for minimal refurbishment between flights, unlocking rapid turnaround: Refit, Refuel, Refly.
- Direct access to GTO, TLI, and other high-energy orbits
- Return from orbit to launch site – precision, powered vertical landing
- Downmass capability
100% reusable payload fairing
180-deg by 360-deg deployment hemisphere. Axial loads during ascent, descent, and landing.
Highest performance engine in class
Unlimited restarts creates flexible mission architecture, unprecedented in-space mobility, and precision powered vertical landing.
Downmass capability
Debris/asset capture & return, and space cargo logistics.
Actively cooled metallic heat shield
Integrated modular LH2/LOX engine designed for minimal refurbishments between flights, unlocking rapid turnaround.
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