Tag: Miura 1
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PLD Space Raises €180 Million Series C Led by Mitsubishi Electric
Spanish launch company PLD Space has raised €180 million ($209.5 million) in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to more than €350 million, the company said. The round was led by Mitsubishi Electric and included investment from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, COFIDES and Nazca Capital. PLD Space said…
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PLD Space unveils ambitious plan for the next decade
PLD Space unveiled an aggressive 10-year plan last month at the company’s new headquarters building in Elche, Spain. This plan will begin by upgrading its under-development Miura 5 rocket with propulsive landing capability, which will aid in introducing a whole new family of rockets. This new family of rockets, Miura NEXT, would be partially reusable,…
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PLD Space set to launch Spain’s first private rocket into space
PLD Space aimed to launch Spain’s first privately developed rocket into space, the Miura 1, on May 31 but was later scrubbed due to upper-level winds. After several delays due to weather, the company finally went ahead another attempt on Saturday, June 17. The launch window opened at 2:00AM CEST (00:00 UTC) running for eight…