Miura 5

Active Re-Usable

Payload Aerospace S.L. (PLD Space)

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Description

MIURA 5 is a 2 stage launch vehicle powered by liquid oxygen and kerosene. The vehicle is designed, integrated and operated by PLD Space, and its 1st stage is designed to be eventually recovered by parachuting into the sea.

Specifications

Minimum Stage
2
Max Stage
3
Length
35.81 m
Diameter
2.0 m
Fairing Diameter
2.0 m
Launch Mass
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Thrust
950.0 kN

Family

Name
Miura 5
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Miura 5

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
900.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
540.0 kg

Payload Aerospace S.L.

Commercial

CEO: Raúl Torres

PLD Space 2011

Payload Aerospace S.L. is a Spanish company developing two partially-reusable launch vehicles called Miura 1 and Miura 5.

Upcoming Spaceflights

Miura 5 | Maiden Flight

Payload Aerospace S.L. | Spain
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

First flight of the Miura 5 launch vehicle.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Miura 5 | 2 x Tritó

Payload Aerospace S.L. | Spain
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TBD December, 2027

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

First two high-capacity 5G D2D (Direct-to-Device) Tritó satellites for Spanish satellite operator Sateliot.

Low Earth Orbit

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Flight Record

No spaceflights found for .

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

7 hours, 59 minutes ago

Starlink Group 10-48

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 5 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-31

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 2D

Success

1 day, 22 hours ago

Shiyan 30 03-04

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

A pair of Chinese satellites reported to be for "Earth observation technological testing and validation" purposes. Actual usage not known.

Long March 8A

Success

2 days ago

SatNet LEO Group 20

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…

Firefly Alpha

Success

2 days, 19 hours ago

Stairway to Seven

Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Firefly Alpha's Flight 7 is a test flight and return-To-Flight for the launch vehicle after its April 2025 launch failure. It will test and validate …