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PLD Space has 15,765 square meters at the former Diamant site where it will build a launch pad, an integration facility, and a control center.
PLD Space plans to develop a crewed spacecraft called Lince.
PLD Space obtained an €11 million loan from COFIDES to fund construction of launch facilities at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
PLD Space plans to develop a line of medium- to heavy-lift launch vehicles called Miura Next.
PLD Space plans to spend €16 million overall on a launch facility in French Guiana to be used for its Miura 5 small launch vehicle.
PLD Space estimates it will ultimately need to raise at least €700 million to develop Miura Next and the first version of Lince.
PLD Space had raised about €155 million to date, an amount PLD Space estimates is enough to fully fund development of Miura 5.
The €11 million loan from COFIDES to PLD Space is equivalent to $11,600,000.
PLD Space uses reusability as a core business approach intended to reduce launch price and appeal to Department of Defense customers.
PLD Space is a Spain-based European rocket company developing the Miura rocket and operates a facility at Kourou in French Guiana.
PLD Space opened a 12,500 m² production facility in Elche (Alicante).
PLD Space unveiled LINCE as the first private manned capsule developed in Europe.
PLD Space will announce the final selection of candidates on 2024-11-30 and complete signing of launch service contracts by 2024-12-30.
PLD Space will select satellites from around the globe for two MIURA 5 demonstration flights scheduled for the last quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026.
PLD Space presented the MIURA 5 SPARK Programme to provide access to the first two MIURA 5 launches free of charge to educational centres, universities, institutions, and companies worldwide.
PLD Space raised 120 million euros from investors and the Spanish government to develop its Miura family of rockets.
PLD Space plans a demonstration launch of the Miura 5 small launch vehicle in 2024, with commercial launches beginning in 2026.
PLD Space plans to increase the size of its facilities from 169,000 to 834,000 square meters.
PLD Space will aim to launch the MIURA 5 mission at the close of 2025.
PLD Space’s industrial site under construction will house the factory for the first MIURA 5 units and the company’s head offices.