PLD Space

PLD Space is developing the MIURA 5 rocket, which is 35.7 metres tall.

Sateliot selected PLD Space based on Miura 5’s ability to offer an independent, dedicated launch service tailored to the customer’s needs.

Raúl Verdú is cofounder and Chief Business Development Officer of PLD Space.

PLD Space plans to begin recovering and reusing an upgraded MIURA 5 variant known as Block 1.1 within four years of MIURA 5’s initial flight.

Alén Space, Cal Poly, CDTI, Open Cosmos, PLD Space, Satlantis, and the Universities of Sevilla, Granada, Málaga, Politécnica de Madrid, and Vigo are participating as organizing entities at SSSIF 2026.

Isar Aerospace, PLD Space, and Avio are European launch companies competing for market share outside U.S. dominance.

Spain’s PLD Space is the most likely operator to conduct the ELM facility’s inaugural flight with its MIURA 5 rocket expected to be launched for the first time from the facility later this year.

CNES preselected Avio, HyImpulse, Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, PLD Space, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and Latitude in July 2022 for allocation at the ELM facility.

Binding Term Sheets were signed by Isar Aerospace, PLD Space, Rocket Factory Augsburg, MaiaSpace, and Latitude to formalize their allocation at the future ELM site.

PLD Space inspects avionics components in a clean room to prevent soldering issues and protect layers of applied protection.

PLD Space is producing turbopump components and avionics to enable production of two complete Miura 5 vehicles in a few months.

Miura 5, PLD Space’s most ambitious launcher project, has entered the integration and accelerated qualification phase.

PLD Space is headquartered in Elche, Spain.

PLD Space has produced first- and second-stage structures and interstages and has assembled complete vehicles.

PLD Space received a €169 million contract from the European Space Agency in the fourth quarter of 2025 to develop the next version of the Miura 5 launch vehicle.

PLD Space credited the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, CDTI, and the Spanish Space Agency (AEE) for support in the ESA Launchers Challenge program.

PLD Space is developing launch infrastructure both in Spain and at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana.

Giovanni Luca Carollo is the Miura 5 Program Manager at PLD Space.

PLD Space aims to conduct the first orbital flight of a Miura 5 vehicle in 2026.

MaiaSpace and Spanish company PLD Space were selected to receive funding through the European Launcher Challenge established by the European Space Agency at its ministerial conference in November.