Huelva, (EFE).- The Miura 1, the rocket designed and built by the Elche company PLD Space, has successfully passed the ‘hot test’, its last test before launching into space, which is scheduled to take place before ending this May.
As reported by the company through its Twitter account, it is a 5-second ‘hot test’ necessary for the flight test, since it allows the behavior of the engines to be analysed.
“We are very happy”, they have indicated, to later add that they are “closer to fulfilling our dream” and thank the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) for the support provided.
Precisely from the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center, located in Moguer (Huelva), the launch of the Miura 1 will be coordinated, which will take place from the Médano del Loro military base, a nearby facility.
full load test
The rocket has been in them since last March, precisely, for the development of the last necessary tests to be able to launch it into space.
Last month, the full charge test of propellants -propellants- with a clock up to T0 was also passed, which was carried out with all the launch steps prior to starting the engine, including the charge of kerosene, liquid oxygen, helium and nitrogen, all This is at nominal pressure.
The final objective of the launch is to carry out a first flight test that allows validating in real conditions the technology developed so far by the company from Elche, for which it has different flight windows conditioned by the security of the area, the weather conditions and the availability of the rocket itself.
When this happens, Miura 1 will become the first 100% Spanish private rocket to go into space. EFE