PLD Space
Spanish small-launch operator. Suborbital Miura 1 flew successfully October 2023; orbital Miura 5 in development from Kourou, French Guiana. ESA Boost! co-funding. Listed on BME Growth in 2024.
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RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | Ars Technica — Space | Rocket Report: SpaceX says no thanks to military launches; Spanish rocket nearly ready |
| Oct 19, 2026 | NASASpaceFlight | PLD Space begins system-level testing of Miura 5 as first three vehicles take shape |
| Oct 17, 2026 | PV Magazine (Global) | Brazil’s new curtailment rules unlikely to revive utility-scale solar investment |
| Oct 03, 2026 | NASASpaceFlight | ESA to pursue crew transport and space stations as European launchers come online |
| Sep 12, 2026 | NASASpaceFlight | Europe’s commercial launch sector picking up the pace |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Wikipedia entry summarising Miura 1 success and Miura 5 development. Operator site at pldspace.com confirms HQ in Elche.
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.