# Latest News: Stoke in the News

## September 18, 2023
**Eric Berger / Ars Technica**  
At an airfield in Eastern Washington on Sunday, the small launch company Stoke Space flew its upper stage for the first time. The flight was, admittedly,…  
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## May 10, 2023
**Michael Sheetz / CNBC**  
Washington-based startup Stoke Space raised $100 million in new funds, the company announced Thursday, as it aims to develop a fully reusable rocket called "Nova." Stoke’s latest…  
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**Aria Alamalhodaei, TechCrunch**  
Stoke Space has received multiple investments from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, TechCrunch has learned.  
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**Aria Alamalhodaei, TechCrunch**  
Stoke Space, a company that’s developing a fully reusable rocket, has unveiled a new tool to let hardware companies track the design, testing and integration of parts. The new tool, Fusion, is targeting…  
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**Alan Boyle, GeekWire**  
Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space says it’s won the go-ahead to take over the Florida launch complex where John Glenn began the trip that made him the first American in orbit in 1962.  
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**Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense**  
The Space Force envisions a future where rockets are launched, both to orbit and from one place on Earth to another, almost as frequently as trains carrying cargo leave their stations.  
[Continue reading](https://breakingdefense.com/2023/02/space-force-envisions-freight-trains-to-space-walmarts-on-orbit/)