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PLD Space is the first private company to develop and operate its own launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre.
PLD Space is expected to be the first to use the facility with its inaugural MIURA 5 launch anticipated in 2026.
PLD Space has signed a temporary occupancy agreement and development contract, allowing it to begin construction of its dedicated facilities.
Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, Latitude, and PLD Space have signed an initial feasibility agreement to operate their rockets from the facility for a minimum of ten years.
CNES authorized PLD Space to develop its own launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre, where its MIURA 5 launcher will begin operations in 2026.
PLD Space signed a contract at the Paris Air Show to develop its launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre for launching the MIURA 5 rocket in 2026.
PLD Space has been officially selected by the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), part of the European Space Agency (ESA), for its first Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) contract.
PLD Space's engineering team will carry out the development, with technical support from ESA, integrating it into the company's technological roadmap aligned with its reuse and operational autonomy plans for 2030.
The contract for the Halcón project has a total budget of 995,705 euros and will be co-funded equally by ESA and PLD Space, which will retain ownership of the final development.
PLD Space will develop the Halcón system, a new hybrid navigation software for reusable launchers.
The first demonstration flight of the Miura-5 reusable rocket from PLD Space is planned for late this year.
Raúl Verdú, CBDO y cofundador de PLD Space, hablará sobre la reutilización de cohetes propulsores, un modelo de negocio impulsado por SpaceX y que PLD Space está desarrollando.
The integration of GNSS signals, like Galileo or GPS, will allow PLD Space to develop a more affordable and precise navigation system optimized for controlled landings.
PLD Space completed the first of its TEPREL-Cvac engines, which will power the rocket's upper stage.
PLD Space successfully completed a burst test of a full-scale prototype of its MIURA 5 first stage booster.
On 8 September, PLD Space announced the successful completion of a structural test campaign of its carbon-composite interstage.
PLD Space aims to launch MIURA 5 from the Guiana Space Centre in 2026.
PLD Space was founded in 2011 and is developing a range of launch vehicles including the single-stage suborbital MIURA 1 and the multi-booster MIURA Next Super Heavy rocket.
PLD Space is preparing for the qualification test campaign of its TEPREL-Cvac engine.
MIURA 5 will be PLD Space's first rocket capable of reaching orbit and is designed to be partially reusable.