SpaceNews

PLD Space raises funding to expand facilities for Miura 5 rocket

PLD Space, which now has nearly 200 employees, will use new funding to grow to 300 by the end of 2024. Credit: PLD Space WASHINGTON — Spanish company PLD Space has raised enough funding to embark on ...
Reuters

Spanish rocket maker PLD Space sets sights on carrying humans

ELCHE, Spain, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Spanish start-up PLD Space, which carried out Europe's first fully private rocket launch last year, aims to one day be able to carry any type of cargo and ultimately ...
SpaceNews

PLD Space secures loan for Miura 5 launch facility

PLD Space plans to start launching its Miura 5 rocket from French Guiana as soon as the end of 2025. Credit: PLD Space WASHINGTON — Spanish launch vehicle startup PLD Space has secured a loan to help ...
techtimes

PLD Space’s Miura-1 Is Europe’s First Private Rocket: Readies Launch from Spain

Spanish startup PLD Space is poised to make history with the launch of its revolutionary Miura-1 rocket, marking Europe's first fully private rocket launch. Reuters reports that the highly anticipated ...
Reuters

Spain's PLD Space calls off test rocket launch citing high altitude winds

HUELVA, Spain May 31 (Reuters) - Spanish startup PLD Space called off the test launch of its first suborbital reusable rocket scheduled for Wednesday morning, citing strong high-altitude winds. The ...
Aviation Week

PLD Space Gears Up For First Launch From Kourou In 2025

LYON, France–PLD Space, a Spain-based company developing a mini-launcher and organizing to become the launch service provider, is investing €10 million ($10.7 million) in a launch complex at Europe’s ...
The Next Web

PLD Space raises its Kourou launch-complex investment to €35m

The Spanish launch firm says it is the first private operator to commit capital at this scale to the historic Guiana spaceport, with a first MIURA 5 flight still slated for 2026. PLD Space is putting ...
Nasdaq

WISeKey Congratulates its Partner PLD Space, From the NASDAQ Tower In New York, For the Successful Launch of MIURA 1

Geneva - October 16, 2023 – WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a global leader in cybersecurity, digital identity, and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions ...
techtimes

Spain's PLD Space is Aiming to Launch its Reusable Rocket, Miura 1, Later This Year

When it comes to reusable space rockets, there is only one company that comes to the public's minds. However, that may soon change with Spain's PLD Space which recently announced that it would soon ...
GPS World

Spain’s PLD Space to develop GNSS-IMU for reusable space vehicles

PLD Space, based in Elche, Spain, has been selected by the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) for its first Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) contract. Under this contract, the ...
Nasdaq

Spain's PLD Space counts down to test rocket launch from Europe

MADRID, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Spanish startup PLD Space will attempt a test launch of its reusable Miura-1 rocket early on Saturday, spearheading a new generation of 'microlaunchers' after an aborted ...