Office of Strategic Capital conditional loan: Stoke Space (US$150m), Oct 2026
Second launch pad at Stoke's complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, for Nova Block 2
Key terms
- Borrower or issuer
- Stoke Space Technologies
- Date
- 26 Oct 2026
- Type
- Government finance
- Amount
- US$150m
This is a programme-level or conditional commitment. It is listed for reference and left out of funded totals.
Recorded terms
- Structure
- US Department of War Office of Strategic Capital direct loan (conditional commitment), alongside private capital
- Use of proceeds
- Second launch pad at Stoke's complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, for Nova Block 2
- Country
- United States
Parties
- Stoke Space Technologies borrower or issuer
- Public lenders and funders: Office of Strategic Capital
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Sources
- US Department of War release: Office of Strategic Capital signs US$150m conditional loan commitment with Stoke Space Technologies war.gov · 26 Oct 2026
- Air & Space Forces Magazine: Pentagon to give Stoke Space US$150m loan for new launch pad airandspaceforces.com · 27 Oct 2026
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