Private company
PLD Space
Logo: PLD Space, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Private Spanish launch services provider
Payload Aerospace S.L. (PLD Space) is a Spanish company developing two partially-reusable launch vehicles called Miura 1 and Miura 5. 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.2 It is headquartered in Elche.1 It employed 54 people in 2019.1 Its products include Miura Next, Lince and TEPREL.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryaerospace industry1
- HeadquartersElche1
- Websitepldspace.com/en
- Legal formsociedad limitada1
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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. 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.2
Products and brands
- Lince
- Miura 1
- Miura 5
- Miura Next
- TEPREL
Listed on Wikidata.1
Employees over time
- 2019541
Timeline
- 2011Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitepldspace.com/en1
- Websitepldspace.com/es1
- X (Twitter)x.com/PLD_Space1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/PLDSPACE1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/pld_space1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCnX3y8VzE2UtZurYqopgBhA1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/pld-space1
- WikipediaPLD Space
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ21076153
Sources
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- 1WikidataPLD Space on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPLD Space on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsPLD Space logo by PLD Space, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsPLD Space photo by Benjamín Núñez González, CC BY-SA 4.0