SPACE LAUNCH REPORT
           Stoke Nova Launch Vehicle Flight History 
                 by Variant/Year (202x-)
         by Ed Kyle, Last Update March 09, 2024
  
        L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures)  

         Stoke                                      Grand
         Nova                                       Total
Year     L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)      L(F) 
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2020      -          -          -          -          -    
2021      -          -          -          -          -      
2022      -          -          -          -          -     
2023      -          -          -          -          -  
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         Stoke                                       Grand
         Nova                                        Total
         L(F)       L(F)       L(F)        L(F)      L(F)    
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Suborb    -          -          -          -          -    
Orbit     -          -          -          -          -  
Total     -          -          -          -          -  
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                   Stoke Nova Vehicle Configurations

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              Payload        Config.            Height     Mass  
              (tonnes)                         (meters)  (tonnes)   
            450 km LEO                     
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Stoke Nova    5 t [1]      2-stg Nova           -         90-150 t
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                   Stoke Nova Vehicle Components

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                  Stg 1        Stg 2         PLF
                  Recoverable  Recoverable    
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Diameter (m)            
Length (m)       
Mp (tonnes) 	     	  	 
GLOW (tonnes) 	  	  	 
Propellant 	  LOX/LCH4     LOX/LH2 
                                               
T (SL tonnes) 	     	  	      
T (VAC tonnes) 	           
ISP (SL/Vac sec)  
                              
Burn Time (sec)            	  	 
Engines/Motors    7            30 chambers
                                               
Engine 	          	  	 
Mfgr                          
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                  STOKE NOVA LAUNCH HISTORY

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DATE    VEHICLE ID  PAYLOAD               MASS(t)  SITE*    ORBIT*
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mm/dd/yy aaaa   nn  aaaaa                  n.nn    aa nnnnn  aaa
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      NOTES by Vehicle ID



                 SPACE LAUNCH REPORT
                      Stoke Nova 
      Planned Reusable 2-Stage Launch Vehicle
                    by:  Ed Kyle             

Stoke Space of Kent, Washington is developing a completely 
recoverable two-stage launch vehicle with LOX/Methane first and 
LOX/LH2 second stages.  It is designed to place 5 tonnes in 
low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral's SLC 14.  Both of the 
stainless steel rocket stages will be designed to land vertically.  

The first stage will be powered by seven Full Flow Staged 
Combustion LOX/LNG engines.  Second stage engine thrust chambers, 
which will be arranged in a circle around the perimeter of the 
base heat shield,  will use the Expander Bleed Cycle.  There will 
be 30 thrust chambers, each relatively low in thrust.

On September 17, 2023, Stoke Space tested its "Hopper2" VTVL 
vehicle in Moses Lake, Washington.  The vehicle rose 30 feet and 
landed after 15 seconds.  The test demonstrated differential 
throttle TVC of distributed LOX/LH2 engines and a regeneratively 
cooled heat shield planned for the second stage.  Hopper 2 had 
15 thrust chambers, half the number planned for the operational 
second stage.  It was the second prototype hopper by Stoke.  The 
first was lost in the spring of 2023 during a test.


                         
*ABBREVIATIONS

SITE

CC:  Cape Canaveral  

ORBIT

LEO:  LOW EARTH ORBIT
LEO/S:  SUN SYNCHRONOUS LOW EARTH ORBIT
SUB:  SUB-ORBITAL MISSION
[FTO]:  FAILED TO ORBIT
[LEO]:  UNPLANNED LEO


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