PLD Space

PLD Space, short for Payload Aerospace S.L., is a Spanish private company founded in 2011. Today, it has two distinct products — Miura 1 and Miura 5. Both are partially reusable space vehicles designed to carry satellites into orbits.

Miura 1 is made for suborbital flights and conducting microgravity tests in the upper atmosphere layers. It mostly performs research and tests of space equipment. Miura 5 is made for carrying satellites into LEO. With a payload capacity of 300kg, this launcher deals with microsatellites and CubeSats.

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