Huelva (Andalusia). 17 June 2023. PLD Space's MIURA 1 SN1 Test Flight mission, scheduled for early this morning at INTA's facilities in El Arenosillo (Huelva), was carried out this morning in satisfactory compliance with all the autosequence protocols, but without launching because not all the umbilical cables in the avionics bay were released. This generated a safety sequence that caused the launch to be halted.
Raul Torres, CEO, and co-founder of PLD Space, said: "To have been able to complete all procedures and finish the autosequence phase in time, engine start and nominal thrust is a success. 99.9% of all processes have been successful. Launching a rocket is very difficult, but we are getting closer and closer. We will try harder again".
Both the launch pad and the rocket are in perfect condition, as is the payload.
An exhaustive analysis will be made in the next few days to determine the causes that prevented the mission from being completed.
About PLD Space
PLD Space is a reference company in the aerospace sector and the first to launch a private rocket in Europe. Headquartered in Elche (Alicante), PLD Space designs and builds reusable orbital micro launchers that send small satellites into space that materialize in the suborbital MIURA 1 and the orbital MIURA 5.
PLD Space was founded in 2012 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú with the aim of democratizing access to space. Currently, the company -which has obtained more than 65 million in financing to date- has a workforce of more than 120 professionals distributed in three production centers located in Elche, Teruel and Huelva, totaling more than 20,000 square meters of industrial facilities.
