The company PLD Space plans to carry out this Wednesday the first test flight of its Miura 1, the first rocket developed and manufactured entirely in Spain. The takeoff will take place at the Experimentation Center of El Arenosillo, in Huelva, and will be carried out in collaboration with the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA)

As announced by the company this morning, the broadcast will try to launch at 8 am. Although the plan was to start the retransmission at 7 o'clock, at that time they have announced that they are evaluating an anomalous behavior in the load of LOX. The launch window for this Wednesday will end at 10 a.m.

Spanish rocket Miura 1. Aperture

The test of the Miura 1 will last a total of about 12 minutes. If all goes according to plan, the rocket's ascent will last for about six minutes until it reaches a maximum altitude of between 50 and 80 kilometers. Then the descent will begin. The rocket will lose speed thanks to the deployment of parachutes until it hits the ocean, where it will be recovered by a ship.

With this flight of the Miura 1 SN1 technology demonstrator, the company wants to collect as much information as possible to continue validating the design and the technology and processes that will later be transferred and integrated into the Miura 5, which began to develop half a year ago.

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Miura 1 measures 12.45 meters high, has a single engine and a single stage, while its successor Miura 5 will be 32 meters high, five engines and two stages, the first of which will be designed to be recovered to be used in other takeoffs with the aim of cheapening the launch of satellites. This is the same strategy that has been successfully launched by billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX company with its Falcon 9 rocket.

The Elche-based company's plan is to use Miura rockets to launch commercial and scientific satellites from French Guiana's Spaceport from 2025.

The company PLD Space, has 140 employees and has managed to raise financing close to 65 million. It has facilities in Elche and Teruel Airport.

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