Stoke Space successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second stage rocket

Dave@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Stoke Space successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second stage rocket

Dave@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

There is video, but I can only find on Twitter presently: https://twitter.com/stoke_space/status/1703569700540883195

Eugene Glover@mastodon.social · 2 years ago

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AnIndefiniteArticle@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

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nyoooom@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Pretty sure those are several small distinct engines, but at high altitude with a large expansion ratio it will kind of work like an aerospike

NegativeNull@lemm.ee@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

These are the guys trying to make an AeroSpike engine. This looks to be a test of that! Super cool!

TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 years ago

Everyday Astronaut did a video on the vehicle. it shows a test fire but not the hop (have seen that on YouTube as well). Worth a watch: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EY8nbSwjtEY.

Edit: Clarity

Stoke Space successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second stage rocket

Stoke Space successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second stage rocket

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