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PLD Space is progressing towards the inaugural flight of its Miura 5 rocket, expected in 2026 from the Guiana Space Centre.
PLD Space plans to expand its production capacity to produce up to 30 launch vehicles annually.
PLD Space expects to launch four commercial flights in 2027.
Qualification Model 1 marks a significant step toward MIURA 5's maiden flight in 2026 and confirms PLD Space's role in Europe's access to space.
PLD Space aims to become the first private company to launch from the ELM-Diamant area of the historic European port, owned by CNES, the French space agency.
This development schedule represents an unprecedented cadence in Europe, reinforcing PLD Space's position as the company that has developed an orbital launcher in the shortest time, just two years, with the highest quality standards.
PLD Space's facilities are essential for developing and qualifying the TEPREL-C engine, which is the most powerful privately built engine in Europe with a thrust of 190 kN.
PLD Space is actively qualifying all launcher subsystems for flight and forecasts its first launch campaign in early 2026.
PLD Space can manufacture and test a component in less than 24 hours, providing full operational independence with quality control and unprecedented development timelines in Europe.
These facilities, designed and managed entirely by PLD Space, represent the largest private testing capacity for launchers in Europe.
This agility enabled PLD Space to develop an orbital launcher in two years, achieving unprecedented speed, efficiency, and reliability in Europe.
PLD Space is advancing with the final validation of Miura 5, its reusable orbital launcher developed in a record time of just two years.
PLD Space operates more than 180,000 m2 of infrastructure, including Europe's largest private rocket test center in Teruel.
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 the first private company to develop and operate its own launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre.
PLD Space became the first private launch operator to develop infrastructure at the Guiana Space Centre on 17 June.
PLD Space aims to launch MIURA 5 from the Guiana Space Centre in 2026.
PLD Space successfully completed a burst test of a full-scale prototype of its MIURA 5 first stage booster.
According to PLD Space, almost 70% of the design and technology of the 35.7-meter-long rocket was validated during the inaugural flight of Miura 1, which launched in October 2023 on a brief suborbital flight from the southern coast of Spain.
PLD Space plans to recover and reuse the first stage of its Miura 5 small launch vehicle and is targeting a first launch before the end of 2026.