Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 6 |
| 2027 | 0 | 6 |
| 2028 | 0 | 6 |
| 2029 | 0 | 6 |
| 2030 | 0 | 6 |
| 2031 | 0 | 6 |
| 2032 | 0 | 6 |
| 2033 | 0 | 6 |
| 2034 | 0 | 6 |
| 2035 | 0 | 6 |
| 2036 | 0 | 6 |
| 2037 | 0 | 6 |
| 2038 | 0 | 6 |
| 2039 | 0 | 6 |
| 2040 | 0 | 6 |
| 2041 | 0 | 6 |
1 launch location represented.
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miura 5 | SSO | 540 kg | 500 km | Unknown | PLD Space SPARK Opportunity Overview |
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
No recent missionsNo launched missions are linked to variants in this family. | ||
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Miura 5 | Not stated | 0 | Development |
| Year | Location | Launches | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2027 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2028 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2029 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2030 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2031 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2032 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2033 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2034 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2035 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2036 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2037 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2038 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2039 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2040 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. |
| 2041 | Guiana Space Centre | 6 | 20% | Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5. Site-year coverage backfill copied nearest prior site-rate row. |
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
Editable low-confidence early operational cadence default for Miura 5.
PLD Space is developing the MIURA 5 orbital rocket, which is scheduled to launch in 2025 from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
CNES granted PLD Space permission to operate MIURA 5 at the Guiana Space Centre (Kourou) in 2025.
PLD Space is one of three European companies authorized by the French Space Agency (CNES), through a binding agreement, to operate MIURA 5 from the CSG Space Centre in French Guiana.
The first suborbital flight of MIURA 1 will provide information to validate much of the design and technology intended to serve as the basis for the MIURA 5 orbital launcher.
PLD Space signed a binding contract with the French space agency CNES on 2023-06-21 to use the former Diamant launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, for Miura 5.
PLD Space designs and builds reusable orbital micro-launchers under the MIURA family, including the suborbital MIURA 1 and the orbital MIURA 5.
MIURA 5 is the launcher that PLD Space expects to use to start its commercial activity in 2025.
Development of MIURA 5 has recently started in facilities that PLD Space is expanding within the Teruel airport site.
PLD Space is working on a Series C funding round of 150,000,000 EUR to support development of Miura 5 and the beginning of commercial operations.
Miura 5 is a small launch vehicle PLD Space is developing that is capable of placing up to 500 kg into orbit starting as soon as 2025.
PLD Space is preparing to sign the first binding contracts for launching satellites with its Miura 5 small launch vehicle and is working to close a new large investment round.
PLD Space designed the Miura 5 to place about 450 kg into low Earth orbit.
PLD Space is using the same vehicle technology and control center for Miura 1 as it plans to use for Miura 5.
PLD Space expects to use existing infrastructure at Kourou for initial Miura 5 launches and to develop additional facilities over time as launch rate increases.
PLD Space scheduled the Miura 5 first launch in 2024 from Kourou, French Guiana, where the company will share a new multiuser launch facility.
PLD Space intends to use Miura 1 operations to train staff in manufacturing and operations and to reduce risk for the first launch of Miura 5.
PLD Space designed the primary purpose of Miura 1 to demonstrate technology for the Miura 5 orbital launch vehicle under development.
PLD Space will manufacture the MIURA 5 orbital vehicle and subsequently launch it in 2024 from French Guiana.
Miura 5 will be prepared to carry 450 kg to a 500-kilometer circular Sun-synchronous orbit as a baseline mission.
Subsystem tests for the Miura 5 will begin next year with a target first launch in 2024-07-01 from French Guiana.