Stoke Space Test-Fires New Booster Engine
11 Jun 2024
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Washington — Stoke Space has test-fired a highly efficient engine it is developing for the first stage of its fully reusable launch vehicle.
The company, based in Kent, Washington, announced June 11 that it performed a brief firing of the engine at a test site in Moses Lake, Washington, on June 5. The engine, designed to produce up to 100,000 pounds-force of thrust, went up to 50% of its rated thrust in the two-second test.
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