Miura 1, a rocket designed and built by the Elche company PLD Space, will undergo a new launch into space from the Médano del Loro military base in Moguer (Huelva) next October, after two failed attempts. This happened in May and June.
This has been confirmed to EFE by company sources, who say they have several launch windows for the month. The exact date will not be specified It takes 12-24 hours for this to happen.
Miura 1 returned to Huelva from Alicante earlier this month At its launch site.
BLD Space announced the decision last June 27 Postpone the Miura 1 launch to September “Mandatory compliance with regulations related to forest fire prevention, due to high temperatures in Huelva and necessary coordination with the Civil Guard.”
The first launch attempt took place on May 31, and the mission had to be aborted at the final stage due to strong winds at an altitude that did not guarantee safety.
The second took place on June 17 In that case, although the process went far, it could not be completed due to an automatic “abort” at the time the machine was started.
Launches are coordinated from Experimental Center of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology of El Areñozillo (INTA), a facility near the Médano del Loro military base, has re-located the rocket since this Tuesday.
Airplane A Duration is 6 minutes In this microgravity and apogee conditions are reached at an altitude of 80 kilometers; Finally, the PLD Space team will be responsible for collecting the rocket in the Atlantic Ocean after the splashdown.
Its main purpose Check the operation of key technologies in the aircraftSomething that could not be done till date: thrust profile of the engine under flight conditions, aerodynamic behavior of the launcher, observation of nominal trajectory, nominal behavior of all subsystems under actual conditions and actual exposure spatial conditions.
This will “allow the collection of the largest possible amount of information for the validation and design of the technology It will later be replaced and integrated into the Miura 5“; In addition, this mission will help the ZARM research institute to study microgravity conditions, gathering information necessary to carry out scientific experiments on future satellites.
