The Spanish Miura 1 rocket takes off successfully

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2023-10-07 14:25:00

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Spain joins the space club. In the early hours of this Saturday, October 7, the Spanish company PLD Space has managed to complete the launch of a first private European rocket. This is the Miura 1, manufactured in Spain, whose inaugural flight It lasted 306 seconds in which the rocket has reached 46 kilometers in height. The mission has concluded with the launcher landing in the Atlantic Ocean, from where it will be recovered by the company. With this launch, Spain becomes in the tenth country in the world with direct capacity to space.

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