Tag: Stoke Space
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Our annual power ranking of US rocket companies has changes near the top and bottom
Which US rocket companies achieved the most during 2025? Once again, Ars Technica is here to provide some answers in the form of our annual power ranking of US launch companies. We began doing this in 2022 and have since put out a top-10 list every year (see 2023 and 2024). Our intent, as always,…
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OpenAI CEO reportedly turned to a Seattle startup in quest to challenge SpaceX on the space data frontier
Stoke Space’s Zenith booster engine blazes during a hot-fire test in 2024. (Stoke Space Photo) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is thinking about expanding into the final frontier for data centers, and his efforts to follow through on that thought reportedly turned into talks with Stoke Space, a rocket startup headquartered just south of Seattle. Altman…
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Stoke Space goes for broke to solve the only launch problem that “moves the needle”
LAUNCH COMPLEX 14, Cape Canaveral, Fla.—The platform atop the hulking steel tower offered a sweeping view of Florida’s rich, sandy coastline and brilliant blue waves beyond. Yet as captivating as the vista might be for an aspiring rocket magnate like Andy Lapsa, it also had to be a little intimidating. To his right, at Launch…
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Stoke Space raises a whopping $510M to accelerate work on its fully reusable Nova launch system
An artist’s conception shows the upper stage of Stoke Space’s Nova rocket in orbit. (Stoke Space Illustration) Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space Technologies today revealed that it has raised $510 million in fresh funding to accelerate development of its fully reusable medium-lift Nova rocket. The Series D funding round, let by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology…
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Stoke Space reportedly raising another massive round of funding for its Nova rocket program
Stoke Space’s booster engine blazes during its first hot-fire test in 2024. (Stoke Space Photo) Update: Stoke Space has raised $510 million in Series D funding to accelerate development of its fully reusable medium-lift rocket. Check out the full story. Previously: Stoke Space, one of the Seattle area’s up-and-coming space startups, is said to be…
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke, and others make major progress on Cape launch facilities
The two spaceport launch facilities in the Cape Canaveral area — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and the U.S. Space Force’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) — are on the verge of even bigger changes than have been seen in the last few years. In a recent flyover of the Cape, NSF obtained new…
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Stoke Space and Rocket Lab join Space Force’s national security launch program
An artist’s conception shows Stoke Space’s Nova rocket in flight. (Stoke Space Illustration) The U.S. Space Force has added Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space and California-based Rocket Lab USA to the list of providers for its $5.6 billion round of national security launches. Each company will receive a $5 million task order to assess its specific…
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Firm developing a fully reusable rocket raises a quarter of a billion dollars
A Washington-based launch company announced Wednesday that it has raised $260 million in Series C funding, a significant capital raise at a time when it has become more difficult for some space companies to attract funding. “The market is tough, but I think what we’re doing is poised to go straight to the end state…
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Stoke Space brings in $260M for further development of its fully reusable rocket
Stoke Space’s rocket engine test lights up a vertical test stand in Moses Lake, Wash. (Stoke Space Photo) Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space says it’s raised $260 million in a new founding round to finish the development of its fully reusable Nova rocket and complete construction of a launch complex in Florida. Investors in the Series…
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Stoke Space hotfires rocket engine on new vertical test stand — a ‘very big deal’ for Washington startup
The Stoke Space rocket engine test lights up a vertical test stand in Moses Lake, Wash. (Stoke Space Photo) Stoke Space successfully hotfired its first-stage rocket engine on a new vertical test stand at the company’s Moses Lake, Wash., facility on Wednesday in what was called “a very big deal” for the 4-year-old startup. The company…