Payload Aerospace S.L., known as PLD Space, is a Spanish company developing two partially reusable launch vehicles called Miura 1 and Miura 5. Miura 1 is a sounding rocket for suborbital flights carrying out research or technology development in a microgravity environment or the upper atmosphere, and it also serves as a technological demonstrator for the orbital launcher Miura 5, which is being designed to provide orbital launch capability for small payloads such as CubeSats that need a flexible, dedicated launch vehicle, delivering up to 900 kilograms into low Earth orbit.
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Agency TypePrivate orbital and suborbital launch vehicle company 1 Founded Year Headquarters HeadRaúl Torres (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer) 2 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: PLD Space
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Payload Aerospace S.L. (PLD Space) is a Spanish company developing two partially-reusable launch vehicles called Miura 1 and Miura 5.
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PLD Space was founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres, Raúl Verdú and José E. Martínez in Elche, Spain, and as of 2019 it employed 70 people.
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Miura 1 is designed as a sounding rocket for sub-orbital flights to perform research or technology development in microgravity environment and/or in the upper atmosphere
View the Source 2. European Spaceflight: PLD Space CEO Interview
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I sat down with PLD Space CEO Raúl Torres to discuss the future of the European launch startup, testing for their upcoming Miura 1 launch, the path forward for Miura 5, efforts to make Miura 5 reusable, and more.
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