Stoke Space

Stoke Space designs and manufactures Nova, a fully reusable, two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle designed for high-frequency orbital access. The vehicle's architecture features a reusable first stage and a novel upper stage equipped with a ring of 30 thrusters and an actively cooled metallic heat shield. This design enables the upper stage to survive the thermal loads of atmospheric reentry and perform a vertical landing, a capability intended to eliminate the need for thermal protection system refurbishment between flights. Nova is powered by the Zenith engine, a full-flow staged combustion cycle engine fueled by liquid methane and liquid oxygen. The company operates research and development facilities in Kent, Washington, and conducts propulsion and flight testing at a dedicated site in Moses Lake.

Stoke Space serves commercial satellite operators and government agencies, including the U.S. Space Force through its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program. The company is actively preparing Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for orbital missions, where it has completed significant infrastructure for methane propellant handling. Following the completion of second-stage structural qualification and successful hot-fire testing of flight-ready Zenith engines, the company is progressing toward an initial orbital test flight. Stoke Space is a private entity that maintains a vertically integrated business model, managing vehicle design, engine manufacturing, and launch operations in-house.