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PLD Space plans to begin commercial operations for the MIURA 5 orbital launcher in 2026.
PLD Space has developed rocket technology that is recoverable and reusable, a capability previously achieved by only three companies in Europe.
Over 90% of the PLD Space team is currently dedicated to developing the MIURA 5 orbital launcher.
PLD Space completed the launch of the MIURA 1 suborbital rocket at 02:19 CET (00:19 UTC) on Saturday, 2023-10-07 from the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre (CEDEA).
PLD Space had a planned apogee of 80 km and a planned flight time of 12 minutes for Miura 1 in its prelaunch press kit.
PLD Space launched its first suborbital rocket, Miura 1, on 2023-10-06 (8:19 p.m. Eastern, 2:19 a.m. local time 2023-10-07).
PLD Space expects Miura 1 will help validate 70% of the design and technology planned for Miura 5.
PLD Space successfully completed umbilical cable tests for the first flight unit of the MIURA 1 Spanish microlauncher.
PLD Space will announce the specific MIURA 1 launch date approximately 24 hours in advance of the attempt.
PLD Space successfully completed a Wet Dress Rehearsal full propellant loading test for the first flight unit of the MIURA 1 microlauncher.
PLD Space postponed the MIURA 1 flight on 2023-05-03 due to winds at altitude.
PLD Space plans to reach 300 employees by 2024.
PLD Space is expanding its industrial facilities in Elche from the current 2,600 square meters to more than 12,000 square meters.
PLD Space is developing the MIURA 5 orbital rocket, which is scheduled to launch in 2025 from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
PLD Space signed an agreement with WISeSat.Space, a subsidiary of WISeKey International Holding Ltd., to launch a next generation of ultra-secure, sub-500 kg satellites for Quantum-Ready Internet of Things communications on the MIURA 5 orbital launcher.
PLD Space is currently conducting the launch campaign for MIURA 1, which is described as the first private rocket developed in Europe and ready to be launched soon on the continent.
PLD Space operates three centers located in Elche, Teruel, and Huelva with more than 100,000 m² of industrial facilities.
MIURA 1 is a suborbital technology demonstrator fully designed by PLD Space with recovery and reusability requirements that only three companies have achieved in space history.
CNES granted PLD Space permission to operate MIURA 5 at the Guiana Space Centre (Kourou) in 2025.
PLD Space is one of only three private European companies authorized to operate from the Guiana Space Centre.