STOKE Space Raises $65M Series A to Make Space Access Sustainable and Scalable
Summary
STOKE is developing a fully and rapidly reusable space launch vehicle that will provide low-cost, on-demand access to and from any location in orbit. Our knowledge of atmospheric composition, ocean patterns, land use, and ice and glacier trends are all direct results of space-based imaging. Emergent technologies that track and forecast crop yields, seasonal water supplies, microplastics in oceans, and other topics are quickly developing. Other proposed “on-demand” launch providers are building disposable rockets, which not only drive up costs and limit availability but also contaminate oceans and add to the increasing challenge around space junk. “We’ve already demonstrated many of the core elements of the technology using a small and elite team, and we’re excited to ramp up development with this new funding,” Lapsa concluded.