2023-10-10 11:05:23
Updated Tuesday, October 10, 2023 – 11:05
The company, with this first flight, has managed to validate all the Miura 1 technologies in flight while maximizing safety
Takeoff of the Miura 1.PLDSPACE
He Miura 1the rocket designed and built by the Elche company PLD Space that last Saturday became the first of these 100% Spanish characteristics to travel to space from its launch base in Huelvahas not been able to be recovered in the Atlantic Ocean.
As reported by the company itself through its profile on the social network This mission was a “secondary objective”, as Ral Torres (35 years old), co-founder of PLD Space, already told EL MUNDO.
From PLD Space they have shown their pride for “having successfully fulfilled” all the primary and secondary objectives of this “flight mission in a unforgettable launch“, although “this historic mission could not be completed with the recovery of Miura 1 in the ocean.”
The company, with this first flight, has managed to validate all the Miura 1 technologies in flight while maximizing safety and has collected “an enormous amount of data that will allow us to improve and advance the technologies of Miura 1 more quickly.” Miura 5“, the reusable suborbital rocket that is intended to be launched in 2025 from the French Guiana.
Likewise, they have noted that the secondary objectives of the mission were all covered, including aerodynamic validation and control of the launcher on reentry, as well as parachute ejection and final braking.
At PLD Space they are processing the data to carry out the technical analysis Say yes.
It was last Friday morning when the company announced the scheduled time for what was the third launch attempt of the Miura 1, 2 a.m. on October 7.
From 7:00 a.m. on the 6th, the team began operations to load and prepare the vehicle for the flight; At 3:00 p.m., the rocket was placed vertically, continuing with the required operations.
Already in the early morning of October 7, the “go on go”a “crucial” moment in the chronology in which it is verified that the different subsystems of the rocket, as well as that the launch base and the meteorology are in optimal situation.
After receiving the green light from all the subsystems and completing the complete countdown, the launch occurred at 2:19 hours; The Miura 1 reached a distance of 50 kilometers, reaching a microgravity environment.
#Miura #recovered #Atlantic #Ocean