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Stoke Space ignites its ambitious main engine

"This industry is going toward full reusability. To me, that is the inevitable end state."

On Tuesday, Stoke Space announced the firing of its first stage rocket engine for the first time earlier this month, briefly igniting it for about two seconds. Lapsa declined to declare a target launch date, but based on historical developmental programs, if Stoke continues to move fast, it could fly Nova for the first time in 2026. Going from zero to 350,000 horsepower in half a second for the first time had a "pretty high pucker factor," Lapsa said of the first fully integrated engine test.

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