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MIURA NEXT HEAVY

Allowing heavy launch capabilities for worldwide customers.


EXPLORE MIURA NEXT HEAVY

MIURA NEXT HEAVY is the launch vehicle designed and manufactured by PLD Space to meet the needs of heavy payloads for worldwide customers.

Its two-stage, three-core MIURA NEXT composition allows heavier payloads to be deployed into orbit, and its design for recovery and reuse of the first stage increases efficiency by reducing its cost per launch.

Overview

 

Height:

67m

Diameter:

3,5m ( 10,5m base)

Stages (#):

2 stages (central core + boosters | second stage)

Propellant:

Biokerosene (RP-1) + Liquid Oxygen

Structures:

Aluminium // Composite (CFRP)

Type of engine:

Closed cycle Oxygen-rich staged combustion

Engines:

15 

Thrust

16.600 kN

Expendable configuration

 

36.000 kg

420km | ISS 


30.580 kg

500km | SSO 


15.140 kg

GTO


 

Reusable configuration

 

19.500 kg

Boosters back-to-base | Central core expendable

420km | ISS 


16.250 kg

Boosters back-to-base | Central core expendable

500km | SSO 


7.160 kg

Boosters back-to-base | Central core expendable

GTO


 

Financing has been received from Corporación Bética de Expansión Empresarial FCR, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund, FEDER, for the realization of the project "Launches of MIURA 1 at INTA and I+D+i developments in Andalusia" with the aim of promoting technological development, innovation and quality research.

MIURA 1 launches at INTA and I+D+I development in Andalusia

Promote research, technological development and innovation

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