Huelva, (EFE) last week it had to be aborted due to the weather.
As reported by the company through its Twitter account, the launch window began at 8:00 a.m. this Tuesday. And it will close tomorrow at 10:00.
Likewise, it is indicated that it will be possible to follow the live broadcast of the launch starting at 5:30 tomorrow at https://www.youtube.com/@PLDSPACE/streams.
The company reported last week that the mission had to be aborted due to weather conditions. And that it would not occur before May 28.
6-minute flight after the launch of the Miura 1
Over the last few days, the weather has been monitored until a day is found in which to “guarantee safety on the ground and in flight. In accordance with the most rigorous practices that apply in a first launch.
The Miura 1 is now fully ready after successfully passing the 5-second ‘hot test’ required for the flight test two weeks ago. Since it allows to analyze the behavior of the motors.
The launch of the rocket will be coordinated from the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA). Some facilities very close to the base of Médano del Loro.
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.
As reported by the company, this first flight will allow “gathering the largest volume of information possible for the validation and design of the technology that will later be transferred and integrated into Miura 5”. And it will make it possible for the ZARM Research Institute to study microgravity conditions by collecting information necessary to carry out scientific experiments in future suborbital flights.
The flight has a scheduled duration of 6 minutes in which microgravity and apogee conditions are reached at 80 kilometers high. Finally, a team from PLD Space will be in charge of collecting the rocket in the Atlantic Ocean once the landing is complete.
Every second in the air will be a success
Every second that Miura 1 is in the air “will be a second of success and a milestone for us.” This first mission will allow PLD Space to verify the operation of key technologies in flight, something that to date it has not been able to do. The thrust profile of the engine in flight conditions, the aerodynamic behavior of the launcher, the nominal trajectory following. The nominal behavior of all subsystems under real conditions and exposure to real space conditions.
In addition, there are a large number of secondary objectives, aimed at the acquisition of information in flight from various subsystems, many of which will focus on the behavior of Miura 1 during reentry as well as the possibility of reaching splashdown conditions compatible with a possible recovery.
In order to fulfill this objective, two ships will be in the vicinity of the area scheduled for re-entry, for the eventual recovery of Miura 1. EFE