战争部战略资本办公室与 Stoke Space 签署1.5亿美元有条件贷款承诺：支持在卡纳维拉尔角新建第二座发射台
美国战争部战略资本办公室（OSC）10月26日宣布，已与太空发射公司 Stoke Space Technologies, Inc. 签署一项1.5亿美元有条件贷款承诺，支持该公司在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地现有发射场新建第二座发射台，扩充美国的太空发射能力。
Stoke Space 是一家美国太空发射公司，正在研发可完全重复使用的火箭，目标是为进入轨道提供低成本、高频次的通道。按计划，这笔拟议贷款将与私人资本配套使用，共同支持第二座发射台的建设。
战争部表示，这项融资旨在扩大美国的发射能力，以满足美国太空军不断增长的商业与国家安全发射需求；太空发射已被列为关键技术领域。Stoke Space 现有发射场目前支持其中型运载火箭 Nova Pathfinder。
新建的第二座发射台将支持该公司正在研发的更大的 Nova Block 2 火箭。战争部同时说明，有条件承诺只是第一步，贷款在财务交割前还须完成财务、法律、技术、投资与尽职调查等多方面要求。
战略资本办公室主任 David A. Lorch 表示，这项投资与特朗普总统《国家太空运输政策》的方向一致，该政策呼吁扩建美国的发射基础设施，以增强美国进入太空的能力。
该办公室负责投资的高级董事总经理 Jordan Sebold 表示，这笔贷款将帮助 Stoke Space 高效扩建其在卡纳维拉尔角的基础设施，增强商业太空工业基础的发射能力与韧性。
负责研究与工程的战争部副部长 Emil Michael 表示，要落实美国太空优势的使命，必须扩大商业发射能力，这笔融资有助于美国维持在地月空间领域的主导地位。
Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital Signs $150 Million Conditional Loan Commitment with Stoke Space for Second Cape Canaveral Launchpad
The U.S. Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) announced on October 26 that it has signed a $150 million conditional loan commitment with Stoke Space Technologies, Inc. to support construction of a second launchpad at the company's existing launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, expanding U.S. space launch capacity.
Stoke Space is a U.S. space launch company developing fully reusable rockets, aiming to provide low-cost, high-cadence access to orbit. Under the plan, the proposed loan would be combined with private capital to support the buildout of the second launchpad.
The Department of War said the financing is intended to expand U.S. launch capacity needed to meet the U.S. Space Force's rising commercial and national-security launch demand, and that space launch is a designated critical technology area. Stoke Space's existing complex currently supports its Nova Pathfinder medium-lift rocket.
The new second launchpad would support the larger Nova Block 2 rocket now in development. The Department also noted that the conditional commitment is only a first step: before financial close, the loan must still satisfy financial, legal, technical, investment, and due-diligence requirements.
OSC Director David A. Lorch said the investment aligns with President Trump's National Space Transportation Policy, which calls for expanded U.S. launch infrastructure to strengthen American access to space.
Jordan Sebold, OSC Senior Managing Director for Investments, said the loan would let Stoke Space efficiently scale its Cape Canaveral infrastructure and enhance the capacity and resilience of the commercial space industrial base.
Emil Michael, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, said fulfilling the mandate for American space superiority requires scaling commercial launch capacity, and that the financing helps maintain American dominance in the cislunar domain.
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