The prototype upper stage vehicle leapt just 30 feet into the air, but the successful test suggests Stoke Space is heading in the right direction.
of an earlier prototype, Hopper1, in the spring. The company has set out to create a fully reusable launch vehicle, which is yet to be
accomplished in the industry. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is partially reusable with all but the second stage that can be recovered and reused.With Hopper2, however, Stoke Space wants its second stage to deliver its payload to orbit to orbit and make its way back for a vertical landing on Earth, before which it would have to survive the extreme temperatures of atmospheric reentry.
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