Stoke Space
Fully reusable orbital launch vehicles and space mobility
CORE INFO
Stoke Space develops reusable two-stage rockets for commercial and government customers that need to deploy satellites, move payloads in orbit, or return cargo from space. Its Nova vehicle is designed to reuse both stages, including an actively cooled metallic reentry shield.
- Series E funding: $1 billion initial closing announced September 8, 2026, co-led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital; Bloomberg reported an approximately $9 billion pre-money valuation.techcrunch.comnews.bloomberglaw.com
- U.S. Space Force access: Stoke received an initial $5 million task order for a capabilities assessment and mission-assurance work through the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 program.spaceproject.govexec.com
- Technical milestone: Stoke's Hopper2 upper-stage prototype completed a roughly 15-second flight to approximately nine meters in September 2023.spacenews.com
WHY WE WOULD WORK AT STOKE SPACE
Make Space Reusable
Help build Nova, a fully reusable orbital vehicle designed to transport payloads to, through, and from space. Your work could help turn space access into dependable infrastructure.
Solve Hard Problems
Work on technically ambitious systems including Zenith and Andromeda engines, hot staging, and an actively cooled metallic heat shield. Stoke has already demonstrated a reusable upper-stage prototype and completed Zenith hot-fire testing.
Own Real Hardware
Join a team of roughly 400 engineers and technicians working in a vertically integrated 168,000-square-foot Kent facility. Design, manufacture, test, and trace the hardware in one connected environment.
Build Through Scale
Stoke has raised $2.3 billion, including a $1 billion Series E, to prepare for orbital launch, expand production, and develop Nova Block 2. Join during a pivotal transition from development to flight.
Shape Space Mobility
Work toward missions spanning satellite deployment, in-space mobility, responsive defense operations, and potential cargo return. Partnerships with NASA, the U.S. Space Force, Celestis, and AstroForge show the breadth of the opportunity.
Move Fast, Own Outcomes
Stoke's culture emphasizes grit, ownership, skill, and rapid design-test-build iteration. Boltline and Fusion extend that mindset with cloud-based workflows for engineering, manufacturing, testing, and hardware traceability.
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PRODUCT AND TECH
Nova Launch Vehicles
Nova is a fully and rapidly reusable two-stage orbital launch vehicle designed to recover and reuse both stages. Pathfinder targets an early-2027 debut, while Nova Block 2 is planned as a 15-ton-class vehicle to low Earth orbit.
Zenith Andromeda Propulsion
Zenith first-stage engines use full-flow staged combustion with liquid natural gas and liquid oxygen, while Andromeda powers the reusable upper stage with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. The systems support clustered propulsion, hot staging, and atmospheric and vacuum operation.
Metallic Reentry Systems
Nova's upper stage incorporates an actively cooled metallic heat shield that uses liquid hydrogen during reentry. This approach is intended to reduce inspection and refurbishment compared with conventional passive thermal-protection systems.
Space Mobility Services
Stoke is developing transportation to, through, and from space, including satellite deployment, in-space mobility, servicing and relocation, and potential cargo return. Target markets include commercial, civil, and defense missions.
Boltline Engineering Software
Boltline, formerly associated with Fusion by Stoke Space, is a cloud-based engineering toolset for hardware design, configuration, manufacturing, testing, release management, and traceability. It was developed from Stoke's vertically integrated rocket-production workflows.