Demo Flight
Nova
Stoke Space
Trajectory
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Mission
Demo Flight
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Unknown
First launch of Stoke Space’s Nova launch vehicle. Asteroid mining technologies company AstroForge will fly a spacecraft on this launch. Planned reusability of the 2 stages is TBD.
Location
Space Launch Complex 14
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Space Launch Complex 14 has witnessed the launch of 20 rockets, including 16 orbital launch attempts. While Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1081 rocket launches.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Rocket
Stoke Space Nova
Stoke Space’s Nova launch vehicle is a planned fully reusable 2-stage rocket.
The 1st stage uses 7 Zenith Full-flow staged-combustion (FFSC) engines using Liquified natural gas/liquid oxygen (LNG/LOX) as fuel, with restartable capability and landing legs for landing.
The 2nd stage is unconventionally designed around a 24-thrust chamber liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen (LH2/LOX) expander cycle rocket engine that surrounds a regeneratively cooled heat shield, thus enabling the upper stage to return to Earth from orbit without thermal tiles. The nozzle accommodates deep throttle operation even in the presence of atmospheric pressure and serves as an actively cooled metallic heat shield during atmospheric reentry. There is also a center passive bleed that aims to create an aerospike engine-like effect for improved efficiency.
Agency
Stoke Space
Stoke Space Technologies is an American space launch company based in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington.
