Europe's first privately developed liquid rocket engine for small and reusable launchers
June 2015, first hot fire test performed in Spain.
30kN Regenerative cooled LOX/Kerosene engine.
Commercial Launch Services.
Dedicated to small Payloads
PLD Space is The European Company that is developing launcher technologies to provide suborbital and orbital commercial launch services, dedicated to small payloads and small satellites.
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In June 2013 PLD Space Closed its first round of investments, so far we have raised more than 17M€.
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PLD Space and RUAG sign Commercial Agreement for launch vehicle Composite structures development
Today, launch vehicle developer PLD Space and space industry supplier RUAG Space signed a long-term collaboration and Supply Agreement regarding lightweight carbon composite structures for small launch vehicles. This agreement is related to PLD Space’s [...]
PLD Space and Airborne Systems North America sign two contracts to develop PLD Space launcher recovery systems
Airborne Systems has developed a parachute recovery system for PLD Space to advance the development of their recoverable launch vehicle family (ARION 1 and ARION 2). Drawing on almost 100 years of experience with the [...]
PLD Space and ZARM sign a Launch Agreement for the first test flight of ARION 1 launch vehicle
The German Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) and PLD Space signed a Commercial Launch Service Agreement today during the 69th International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany. In the first test flight of [...]
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