Stoke Space sets debut launch target, reveals plans for larger rocket
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September 8, 2026

Stoke Space sets debut launch target, reveals plans for larger rocket

By Eric Berger

Quick Summary

The space economy will grow exactly as fast as we can launch rockets.

Related Launch: AstroForge Autonomy-1 (Demo Flight)

First launch of Stoke Space’s Nova launch vehicle. Asteroid mining technologies company AstroForge's Autonomy-1 will fly on this launch. Autonomy-1 will be the first full-scale flight demonstration of AstroForge's own spacecraft artificial intelligence model, Solo. The spacecraft will be tested for functionality in orbit without being commanded from the ground, and will transmit telemetry and science data back to Earth without human interference, including from COMPASS, a heliophysics science payload from NASA Goddard.

Rocket
Nova
Pad
Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status
To Be Determined
Date
March 31, 2027
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