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PLD Space is developing Miura 5.
Relativity Space, Rocket Lab, and PLD Space completed major technical milestones for their upcoming medium- and heavy-lift launch architectures on July 20, 2026.
PLD Space received funding from the European Investment Bank to support its technical engineering operations.
PLD Space CEO and cofounder Raúl Torres is a graduate of the Universitat Politècnica de València.
PLD Space develops the Miura launchers.
PLD Space raised a 180 million euro Series C round in 2025.
PLD Space is preparing the first flight of its MIURA 5 launcher.
PLD Space was preselected for reusable launch technology in ESA’s European Launcher Challenge.
PLD Space has received support from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the European Investment Bank.
PLD Space appointed Candace Johnson as an independent member of its board of directors.
PLD Space is working toward an inaugural flight of its MIURA 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in late 2026.
PLD Space signed a strategic agreement with Etlaq Spaceport in February 2025 and planned an initial launch from the facility in 2027.
PLD Space signed a strategic agreement with Etlaq Spaceport in February 2025 and planned an initial flight from the facility in 2027.
Avio, Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and PLD Space obtained ESA framework contracts after a first selection in 2024.
Avio, Isar Aerospace, PLD Space, and Rocket Factory Augsburg have framework contracts under the Flight Ticket Initiative.
Avio, Isar Aerospace, PLD Space, and Rocket Factory Augsburg have framework contracts to compete for Flight Ticket Initiative missions.
PLD Space is focused on the first test flight of its Miura 5 rocket.
PLD Space received 30 million euros in financing from the European Investment Bank.
PLD Space operates technical facilities of more than 188,000 square meters in Elche, Teruel, Kourou, and Duqm.
PLD Space was founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú.