Tag: PLD Space
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Rocket Report: European rockets finally fly; Artemis II core stage issues
Welcome to Edition 6.15 of the Rocket Report! We’re now more than three-quarters of the way through the year, and as of Thursday, there have been 156 orbital launches since January 1. Last year, which set a record for global launch activity, we didn’t reach 156 orbital launches until mid-November. At the cadence set so…
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Spanish company’s success comes at a critical time for Europe’s launch industry
A Spanish launch company claimed success on Saturday after its suborbital Miura 1 rocket lifted off and achieved an altitude of 46 km before plummeting into the Atlantic Ocean. Saturday’s launch from Southern Spain is exciting for several reasons, but most notably because PLD Space is the first of Europe’s new space launch companies to…
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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…