{"id":51736,"date":"2023-05-23T23:20:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T21:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=51736"},"modified":"2025-05-23T00:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T22:07:01","slug":"miura-1-the-first-spanish-space-rocket-and-the-contribution-of-the-armed-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/05\/23\/miura-1-the-first-spanish-space-rocket-and-the-contribution-of-the-armed-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Miura 1: the first Spanish space rocket and the contribution of the Armed Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American company SpaceX has launched a successful space race. There is a Spanish company that seeks to follow in his footsteps.<\/p>\n

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PLD Space was founded in 2011 by Ra\u00fal Torres, Ra\u00fal Verd\u00fa and Jos\u00e9 Enrique Mart\u00ednez.<\/strong> It is based in Elche (Alicante), and in the next few days expects to carry out the launch of the test flight of its first rocket, the Miura 1<\/a>, from its launch base at the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center<\/a> (Huelva), belonging to the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA)<\/strong>, an entity under the Spanish Ministry of Defence. It is an ideal place for this type of launch due to its good weather conditions.<\/p>\n

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The Miura 1 recovery test from a CH-47D Chinook heavy helicopter of the Spanish Army Air Mobile Forces (FAMET) in 2019 (Source: PLD Space<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The Miura 1 has a length of 12.7 meters, a diameter of 70 centimeters and a mass of 2,550 kg.<\/strong> It has a single phase and a single TEPREL engine powered by a mixture of kerosene and liquid oxygen. It is designed to be reusable and has four compartments with a load capacity of 100 kg.<\/strong> In addition to the aforementioned contribution from the Ministry of Defense through INTA, the recovery test of this rocket was made in 2019 with a CH-47D Chinook helicopter<\/a> from the Transport Helicopter Battalion V (BHELTRA V) of the Spanish Army Airmobile Forces (FAMET).<\/p>\n

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The Miura 1 launch pad (Source: PLD Space<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The first flight of the Miura 1 will be suborbital up to a peak of 150 kilometers.<\/strong> If successful, Spain will have a private company capable of launching payloads into space. In addition, the Miura 1 could be the first European reusable rocket<\/strong>, quite a milestone for Spain. When the launch date is confirmed, you can watch it live on PLD Space Youtube channel< \/a> (I recommend you subscribe).<\/p>\n

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The Miura 5 rocket (Source: PLD Space<\/a>).<\/div>\n

PLD Space's objective with Miura 1 is to carry out the necessary tests for the future launch of Miura 5, a larger rocket that will make orbital flights<\/strong>. It will be 29.4 meters long, 1.8 meters in diameter, will have two or three stages and will be able to put a payload of up to 300 kg into orbit. With the Miura 5, Spain could have an excellent spacecraft for launching small satellites<\/strong> for companies and institutions that need them. The launch of the Miura 5 is scheduled to be done from the Kourou Spaceport, in French Guyana, from where the European Space Agency launches.<\/p>\n

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Artist's recreation of the Miura 5 (Source: PLD Space<\/a>).<\/div>\n

On this project, I recommend you watch this video by the aerospace engineer<\/strong> Sergio Hidalgo<\/a>, which explains in great detail what the Miura 1 is like (the video is in Spanish, you can activate the automatic subtitles in English in the bottom bar of the player):<\/p>\n