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PLD Space is positioning MIURA 5 as a primary European small satellite launcher.
PLD Space has initiated semi-series production of the Teprel-C and Teprel-C Vac engines, achieving an industrial maturity level that will allow for production of one engine every 14 days by the end of 2025.
PLD Space is constructing its Launch Complex in Kourou, French Guiana, to operate the first Miura 5 flights in 2026.
PLD Space has secured over 170 million euros in funding and operates with a network of 397 technological partners, primarily national and European.
PLD Space has more than 180,000 square meters of its own facilities, including the largest private launch testing center in Europe located in Teruel.
PLD Space is backed by more than 170 million euros and a network of 397 key partners.
In 2025, PLD Space’s workforce grew by 40%, surpassing 400 employees, with an expected total of 420 professionals by the end of the year.
PLD Space plans to reach a capacity of one engine every 14 days by late 2025.
PLD Space describes a broader roadmap anchored by the MIURA launcher family and the LINCE crewed capsule.
PLD Space reports supplier investment above 50 million euros from 2024 to the first half of 2025.
PLD Space is the first private company constructing a launch pad in the ELM-Diamant area at CSG Kourou.
PLD Space cleared the first phase of Flight Safety Validation with CNES for operations from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou.
Headcount at PLD Space is expected to reach 420 by year-end 2025.
PLD Space expects its first fully integrated MIURA 5 before year-end 2023, with demonstration flights beginning in 2026.
PLD Space has completed eight tanks for the MIURA 5 core and upper stages.
PLD Space began hot-fire testing its TEPREL-C Vac rocket engine, which will power the MIURA 5 upper stage.
PLD Space aims to begin producing one TEPREL-C engine every 14 days by the end of the year.
PLD Space completed a burst test of a full-scale prototype of the MIURA 5 first-stage booster.
PLD Space finished the first phase of the Flight Safety Validation process with the French space agency CNES.
PLD Space is the first operator to begin civil works at the Guiana Space Centre’s new commercial launch facility.