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A four-year-old Seattle-area startup called Stoke Space executed a successful up-and-down test of its “Hopper” developmental rocket vehicle today, marking a major milestone in its quest to create a fully reusable launch system. Hopper2’s 15-second flight took place at Stoke’s test facility at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Wash., at 11:24 a.m. PT. A hydrogen-fueled rocket engine sent the test vehicle to a height of 30 feet, with a landing 15 feet away from the launch pad, Stok

The experimental spacecraft secretly launched to space last summer, but very little has been shared about its mission, which appears to have ended.

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The company won't be able to salvage any of the three boosters, as the giant rocket is on a mission to send its payloads directly to a high Earth orbit.