Stoke Space Briefing — Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade, December 2025
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- 2025-12-04
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A slide presentation titled Stoke Space Briefing, prepared by Stoke Space Technologies, Inc. for the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade and dated December 2025. It describes the company's Nova reusable rocket and lists test milestones from December 2024 to August 2025, an NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 contract award, and a dedicated launch site at Cape Canaveral. It presents company facilities in Kent and Moses Lake, Washington, a table of Washington state vendor counts and payments rising to $13.6M in 2025, and an Entry-Level Aerospace Technician training program. The deck closes with two recommendations for lawmakers: expanding which aerospace products qualify for existing tax incentives and establishing a Washington Space Fund for strategic grantmaking.
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“Stoke Space Briefing — Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade, December 2025.”
Original at app.leg.wa.gov, dated 2025-12-04. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2025-12-04-2025-12-04-a33537-d289969-andrew-hanna-stoke-space-stoke-space-briefing-ppt/
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Stoke Space Briefing
Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade
December 2025
S T O K E U P D A T E D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 5
Presentation Overview
Main takeaways:
• Stoke is building and testing a fully reusable rocket, right here in Washington.
• WA lawmakers can support Stoke and the wider WA space economy through expanding incentives and
strategic grantmaking.
• Open invitation to HQ: come visit us!
1. Nova Overview: What are we building?
2. Stoke Space Facilities: Where are we building it?
3. Economic Development: How are we investing in WA?
4. Recommendations: Why are we asking for your support?
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S T O K E U P D A T E D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 5
NOVA
Built for mobility. Designed for 100% Rapid Reuse.
NOVA
Optimized for market entry & re-entry demonstration missions.
REUSABLE FIRST STAGE
Full Flow Staged Combustion (FFSC) first stage engine provides
highest in class efficiency.
REUSABLE SECOND STAGE
Integrated, regeneratively cooled re-entry heat shield allows for
minimal refurbishment between flights, unlocking rapid turnaround.
TEST MILESTONES COMPLETE
✓ Vertical Hotfire for S1 (test like you fly) (Dec 2024)
✓ 100% Power Level for S1 and S2 (April 2025)
✓ Mission Duty Cycle for S1 (June 2025)
✓ 488-second hotfire for S2 (August 2025)
✓ Stage 2 Structural Qualification (August 2025)
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S T O K E U P D A T E D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 5
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL)
Stoke awarded Phase 3 Lane 1 contract, joining exclusive group of national security launch providers.
MASSIVE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
Secures seat at an exclusive table to launch critical national security payloads.
Stoke was chosen for a reason.
TRUSTED BY SPACE FORCE
On-ramp is testament to Space Force’s conviction in Stoke’s architecture,
team, and mission readiness.
FASTEST TO AWARD
Stoke is the youngest company by far selected for NSSL – a direct result of
rapid execution.
BUILT FOR THE MISSION
Nova’s full and rapid reusability directly addresses needs for high-cadence,
flexible, and resilient launch.
COMMERCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Selection by the U.S. government to launch national security payloads affirms
Stoke’s reliability for commercial missions. STOKE
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STOKE UPDATE DECEMBER 2025
Kent, WA Manufacturing Site (HQ2)
MADE IN AMERICA. BUILT IN WASHINGTON
170,000 square foot integrated design and manufacturing
facility in Kent, Washington
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
Additive manufacturing and advanced welding capability for
end-to-end ownership.
VERTICALLY INTEGRATED
Proximity of in-house manufacturing and design engineering
allows for rapid iteration to move faster.
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S T O K E U P D A T E D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 5
MOSES LAKE, WA TEST SITE (MLTS)
Rapid test cycles at MLTS accelerate development and de-risk operations
PRIVATE & PROXIMAL
75-acre, vertically integrated test site near engineering HQ allows for rapid
iteration and direct hardware flow.
FULL-SPECTRUM TESTING
Supports component, engine, structural, and stage testing – often in
parallel – to maximize throughput.
RAPID TURNAROUND
Numerous full engine hotfires per shift
UNPRECEDENTED SPEED
MLTS is a key differentiator from competitors, enabling unprecedented
speed of execution.
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S T O K E U P D A T E D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 5
ULA, SPACEX
LAUNCH COMPLEX 14 (LC-14)
Dedicated-use launch & landing site at Cape Canaveral
RELATIVITY
Space Force Station (CCSFS)
ENSURING STRATEGIC ACCESS STOKE
1 of only 5 companies with a dedicated-use pad at CCSFS or KSC.
TRUSTED BY USSF
Fastest company ever to win dedicated-use pad, earned via credibility and
mission alignment.
CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY
BLUE ORIGIN
Environmental Assessment (EA) completed in October 2024; construction
began immediately.
OPERATIONAL IN 2026
Infrastructure buildout ahead of schedule to support initial operations.
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Economic Development
Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services & Trade
December 2025
Investing in WA
WA State Vendors
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Number 45 86 109 94 106
Payment $0.7M $4.0M $11.7M $10.7M $13.6M
Vendor Highlight: NORCO
Stoke requires significant amounts of oxygen to conduct tests in Moses Lake. We
partner with NORCO, a major supplier of oxygen to rural farms and hospitals in Grant
County, to maintain a steady flow of O2 to our test facility.
Workforce Development Highlight
Our Entry-Level Aerospace Technician (ELAT)
program gives local high-school and GED
graduates an on-ramp into Washington’s
robust and growing aerospace workforce.
The program is highly competitive, with over 900
total applicants.
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ELAT Stats
• Program Length:
9 months
• Participant Status:
Paid, short-term employee
• Location:
Kent
• Structure:
Participants match with full-time mentors
• Areas of study:
Turbomachinery, inventory, logistics,
structures, additive manufacturing, etc.
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ELAT Opportunity
• Technical training for Washingtonians without a Bachelor’s degree
• Expands access to growing aerospace industry
• Creates pipeline of skilled workers
• Mutually beneficial for local communities and Stoke by providing access to valuable
training and ensuring a highly-skilled local workforce
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Past Participants
Source Schools / Organizations
• Lakes High School
• Green River College
• Western Washington University
• Emerald Ridge High School
• Bellevue College
• Whatcom Community College
• Roosevelt High School
• Central Washington University
• Pierce County Skills Center
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Recommendations for Lawmakers
1. Expand which “aerospace products” are eligible for existing tax
incentives (R&D, manufacturing, property, rural workforce)
2. Mirror other space leader states by establishing an in-government
Washington Space Fund, likely within Department of Commerce, for
strategic grantmaking
S T O K E U P D A T E D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 5
FULLY REUSABLE. FROM THE GROUND UP.
STOKE TRADITIONAL
COOLED METALLIC HEAT SHIELD CERAMIC TILES
Conventional materials Expensive
Ductile materials Brittle materials
Minimal maintenance Constant maintenance
Passive failure modes Catastrophic failure modes
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