Miura 9, This Is the Elche Rocket with Which the European Union Wants to Compete in Space with the US and China
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The Spanish PLD Space, which plans to launch the Miura 5 next year, already shows the latest model of a rocket that aims to launch satellite constellations, placing Europe in the new space race, with a project of 158 million eurosJuan Carlos Cortés Pulido: “Spain has a leading role in the new space technology era” The Spanish firm PLD Space is on the way to take Europe to a good position in the new space race. The company, based in Elche, has pr…
PLD Space presents the Miura 9, an Elche launcher for satellite constellations, and aspires to place Europe in the space race. The entry PLD Space presents the Miura 9: the Elche rocket that aspires to compete with the US and China for 158 million aparece primero en Moncloa.
The first visit of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the seventh of the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, has had this week more economic connotations for the province of Alicante than can be seen at the naked eye. The presentation of the Miura 9 has been made in a context in which the licitana company celebrates just 15 years and shows that its proposal as a technological startup was viable in eve…
It is not a simple update: the rocket changes its scale, market and technological ambition.A 50% more capable rocketThe Miura 9 maintains the architecture of two stages of its predecessor, but it grows in all relevant dimensions:Characteristics Miura 5 Miura 9 Height35.7 m42 mDiameter2 m3 m3 mOrbital capacity SSO to 540 kg to 1,500 kgMotor 1st stage5 TEPREL-C9 TEPRELmotor 2nd stageTEPREL-C/VacuumTEPREL VacuumSegmentSmall satellitesMimedial satel…
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