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PLD Space

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commercialFounded 2011
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PLD Space has signed a temporary occupancy agreement and development contract, allowing it to begin construction of its dedicated facilities.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceTechnical ProductSep 18, 2025Construction Officially Begins on Multi-User Launch Facility in French Guiana

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.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 18, 2025Ten French space announcements at the Paris Air Show

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.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 18, 2025ELM-Diamant launch complex: space history in the making

PLD Space has begun civil works on its dedicated section of the facility and has a permanent team in French Guiana to oversee the work.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceTechnical ProductSep 18, 2025Construction Officially Begins on Multi-User Launch Facility in French Guiana

PLD Space is expected to be the first to use the facility with its inaugural MIURA 5 launch anticipated in 2026.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 18, 2025Construction Officially Begins on Multi-User Launch Facility in French Guiana

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.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 18, 2025Construction Officially Begins on Multi-User Launch Facility in French Guiana

PLD Space became the first private launch operator to develop infrastructure at the Guiana Space Centre on 17 June.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceTechnical ProductSep 18, 2025Ten French space announcements at the Paris Air Show

PLD Space is the first private company to develop and operate its own launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceTechnical ProductSep 18, 2025ELM-Diamant launch complex: space history in the making

PLD Space will develop the Halcón system, a new hybrid navigation software for reusable launchers.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 17, 2025PLD desarrollará un nuevo sistema híbrido de navegación para lanzadores reutilizables

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.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceTechnical ProductSep 17, 2025PLD desarrollará un nuevo sistema híbrido de navegación para lanzadores reutilizables

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.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2025PLD desarrollará un nuevo sistema híbrido de navegación para lanzadores reutilizables

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.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceTechnical ProductSep 17, 2025¿Qué entidades españolas intervienen en la Semana Mundial de Negocios Espaciales?

Las organizaciones españolas GMV, Satlantis, PLD Space y la Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) participan en la WSBW en mesas redondas.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 17, 2025¿Qué entidades españolas intervienen en la Semana Mundial de Negocios Espaciales?

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.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 17, 2025PLD desarrollará un nuevo sistema híbrido de navegación para lanzadores reutilizables

The first demonstration flight of the Miura-5 reusable rocket from PLD Space is planned for late this year.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 17, 2025El vuelo inaugural del cohete reutilizable europeo Callisto se pospone a 2027

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.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 17, 2025PLD desarrollará un nuevo sistema híbrido de navegación para lanzadores reutilizables

PLD Space has only completed a single launch of its MIURA 1 rocket, which reached a maximum altitude of 46 kilometers.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2025PLD Space Completes MIURA 5 Stage 1 Burst Test

PLD Space completed the first of its TEPREL-Cvac engines, which will power the rocket's upper stage.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2025PLD Space Completes MIURA 5 Stage 1 Burst Test

PLD Space will proceed with a fully integrated qualification model of the MIURA 5 first stage that includes all elements required for flight.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceNarrative PlanSep 16, 2025PLD Space Completes MIURA 5 Stage 1 Burst Test

On 8 September, PLD Space announced the successful completion of a structural test campaign of its carbon-composite interstage.

Mentioned as: PLD SpaceTechnical ProductSep 16, 2025PLD Space Completes MIURA 5 Stage 1 Burst Test
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