Payload Aerospace S.L.

Flight record

These are launches under PLD Space’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, PLD Space is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

No scheduled flight names PLD Space with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About PLD Space

Payload Aerospace S.L. is a Spanish company developing two partially-reusable launch vehicles called Miura 1 and Miura 5.

Upcoming launches

• Miura 5 | Maiden Flight

  Miura 5 · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

  H1 2027

  TBDNET HALF-YEAROrbit: SSOVehicle file

• Miura 5 | 2 x Tritó

  Miura 5 · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

  2027

  TBDNET YEAR ONLYOrbit: LEOVehicle file

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

Common questions

How many launches has Payload Aerospace S.L. flown?

Payload Aerospace S.L. has flown 1 launches under its own name. 1 succeeded and 0 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.

What is Payload Aerospace S.L.'s success rate?

100.0%. That's 1 successful flights out of 1 attempts. Its last 1 launches in a row have succeeded.

When is Payload Aerospace S.L.'s next launch?

Miura 5 | Maiden Flight, set for the first half of 2027 from Diamant Launch Area. Launch Library files only the first half of the year, so the date is a placeholder. Launch times are no-earlier-than targets and can move.

Does Payload Aerospace S.L. fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?

Payload Aerospace S.L. has flown 1 launches under its own name. It's the operator on 2 scheduled flights. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.

Where is Payload Aerospace S.L. based?

Spain. Launch Library lists it as a commercial operator, founded in 2011.