{"id":509565,"date":"2024-12-03T06:26:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T11:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/?p=509565"},"modified":"2024-12-03T06:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T11:26:47","slug":"pld-space-secures-loan-for-miura-5-launch-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/pld-space-secures-loan-for-miura-5-launch-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"PLD Space secures loan for Miura 5 launch facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Spanish launch vehicle startup PLD Space has secured a loan to help fund development of the launch site of its Miura 5 rocket in French Guiana.<\/p><p>PLD Space announced Dec. 2 that it obtained a 11 million euro ($11.6 million) loan from COFIDES, a Spanish financing agency, that will go towards construction of launch facilities at the Guiana Space Center at Kourou, French Guiana.<\/p><p>PLD Space said it plans to spend 16 million euros overall on the launch facility there that will be used for its Miura 5 small launch vehicle. That rocket is slated to make its inaugural launch as soon as late 2025.<\/p><p>\u201cWe appreciate COFIDES&#8217; confidence in PLD Space,\u201d Ezequiel S\u00e1nchez, executive president of PLD Space, said in a statement. \u201cThis support inspires us to continue driving European space sovereignty while strengthening its strategic space infrastructure.\u201d<\/p><p>The launch site will be at the former Diamant launch pad in French Guiana, which the French space agency CNES is now offering to small launch vehicle developers as a shared-use facility. PLD Space has 15,765 square meters at the site, where it will build both the launch pad itself as well as an integration facility and control center.<\/p><p>The funding comes nearly two months after <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/pld-space-unveils-plans-for-larger-launch-vehicles-and-crewed-spacecraft\/\">the company rolled out an ambitious roadmap for future development<\/a>, of which Miura 5 is just the first step. PLD Space plans to develop a line of medium- to heavy-lift launch vehicles called Miura Next as well as a crewed spacecraft, Lince.<\/p><p>In an interview in October, Ra\u00fal Torres, chief executive of PLD Space, noted the company had raised about 155 million euros to date, enough to fully fund development of Miura 5. 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