Unlike other companies, which have focused on producing a launcher before working on other spacecraft that could fly on it, Stoke Space instead focused first on the second stage, building a re-usable vehicle with a design intended to accomodate re-entry and landing. This vehicle uses a novel 15-chamber engine to power the landing, using effects from the shape of the bottom of the vehicle to create the partial effect of an aerospike engine.
A prototype has been completed, and after much unit and integration testing, performed a successful hop test, launching off the ground briefly before setting down again under its own power.
