Miura 5

Miura 5

A reuse test small-scale first stage of Miura 5 in El Arenosillo
Function	partially reusable launch vehicle to low Earth orbit
Manufacturer	PLD Space
Country of origin	Spain
Size
Height	35.7 m (117 ft)[1]
Diameter	2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)[1]
Mass	68,742 kg
Stages	2–3
Capacity
Payload to Low Earth orbit (LEO)
Mass	1,080 kg (2,380 lb)[1]
Payload to SSO
Mass	540 kg (1,190 lb)[1]
Associated rockets
Comparable	Shavit 2, Prime, Electron
Launch history
Status	Under development
Launch sites	El Hierro Launch Centre (proposed) Guiana Space Centre (planned) Azores (proposed)
First flight	Q1 2026 (planned)[2]
First stage
Height	26.3 m (86 ft)[3]
Diameter	2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)
Powered by	5 TEPREL-C
Maximum thrust	950 kN (210,000 lbf)
Burn time	182 s.[1]
Propellant	LOX / RP-1
Second stage
Height	12.1 m (40 ft)
Powered by	1 TEPREL-C vacuum
Maximum thrust	50 kN (11,000 lbf)
Burn time	420 s.[1]
Propellant	LOX / RP-1
Kick stage (optional)
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Miura 5 is a two-stage European orbital recoverable launch vehicle currently under development by the Spanish company PLD Space. In a standard two-stage configuration, it will have a length of 34 m, be capable of inserting 1000 kg of payload into a low Earth orbit (LEO), featuring an optional kick stage that can circularize the orbits of satellites.^[4]

Development of the Miura 5 has been sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA) via the agency's Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP); additional support has come from the French space agency CNES and the Spanish agency National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA). Work commenced during the mid-2010s under the name Arion 2, the present name was adopted following a redesign that doubled the lift capacity of the launcher during 2018. On 11 April 2019, PLD Space carried out a successful drop and recovery test of the first stage of a Miura 5 demonstrator. As of December 2023, the first test flight of Miura 5 is expected to take place sometime in early 2026.^[2]