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PLD Space credited the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, CDTI, and the Spanish Space Agency (AEE) for support in the ESA Launchers Challenge program.
PLD Space is producing turbopump components and avionics to enable production of two complete Miura 5 vehicles in a few months.
PLD Space inspects avionics components in a clean room to prevent soldering issues and protect layers of applied protection.
PLD Space aims to conduct the first orbital flight of a Miura 5 vehicle in 2026.
PLD Space has produced first- and second-stage structures and interstages and has assembled complete vehicles.
In early 2024, ESA and the European Union pre-selected Arianespace, Isar Aerospace, PLD Space, Orbex, and Rocket Factory Augsburg to form the initiative’s pool of launch service providers.
MaiaSpace and Spanish company PLD Space were selected to receive funding through the European Launcher Challenge established by the European Space Agency at its ministerial conference in November.
PLD Space is aiming for a first launch of Miura 5 in 2026 and is developing a larger family of vehicles called Miura Next.
The European Space Agency preselected Rocket Factory Augsburg, Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Orbex, and PLD Space as challengers for the European Launcher Challenge in July.
PLD Space has an agreement with the French space agency CNES to operate from a launch site in French Guiana that was formerly used by the Diamant rocket.
PLD Space planned engine qualification for Miura 5 in the first quarter of 2026.
PLD Space launched its Miura 1 suborbital rocket in October 2023 and reached a peak altitude of 46 kilometers on that flight.
PLD Space is developing the Miura 5 orbital launch vehicle and had a qualification model on the factory floor at its facility in Elche, Spain for testing such as a wet dress rehearsal.
PLD Space has grown to more than 400 employees.
PLD Space is progressing towards the inaugural flight of its Miura 5 rocket, expected in 2026 from the Guiana Space Centre.
PLD Space is preparing approximately 12 launch proposals each week.
PLD Space is set to receive up to €169.1 million in funds as part of the European Launcher Challenge.
PLD Space's engineers will begin work on the Miura Next heavy-lift reusable rocket after the first launch of Miura 5.
PLD Space expects to launch four commercial flights in 2027.
PLD Space's production facility has the capacity to produce around six launch vehicles per year.