Miura 1
Function | sub-orbital reusable launch vehicle |
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Manufacturer | PLD Space |
Country of origin | Spain |
Size | |
Height | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
Diameter | 0.7 m (2 ft 4 in) |
Mass | 2,550 kg (5,620 lb) |
Stages | 1 |
Capacity | |
Payload to suborbital (150 km) | |
Mass | 100 kg (220 lb) [1] |
Launch history | |
Status | In development[1] |
Launch sites | El Arenosillo |
First stage | |
Powered by | 1 TEPREL-B |
Maximum thrust | 30.8 kN (6,900 lbf) [2] |
Burn time | 122 seconds |
Propellant | liquid oxygen (1,000 L) / kerosene (600 L)[1] |
Miura 1 (previously called Arion 1)[3][4] is a suborbital recoverable launch vehicle of the Spanish company PLD Space. It is planned to be the first recoverable launch vehicle in Europe.[5] The initial launch has been delayed to 2022.[6]
Design[]
Miura 1 was originally proposed as a two-stage rocket capable of achieving suborbital flight. It was originally planned to be 12 m long, with a capacity of 250 kg (551 lb). The engines were to use liquid oxygen and kerosene as propellants.[7]
In its final design, Miura 1 is a 12.7 m long 0.7 m diameter one-stage rocket, propelled by one TEPREL-B engine. The vehicle can fly a payload of up to 200 kg on a suborbital trajectory. The propulsion system is equipped with actuators to tilt the engine for an active thrust vector control.[8] In its first mission it will carry 100 kg of payload to an apogee of 153 km. Additionally, Miura 1 is equipped with a recovery system using its engines and parachutes that enable PLD Space to recover the vehicle from the ocean and re-use the complete launch vehicle.[9] With this, it will be the first recoverable launch vehicle in Europe.[5] Miura 1 is intended to be used for scientific research or technology development in a microgravity environment and/or in the upper atmosphere. Furthermore, about 70% of the technology developed for Miura 1 is planned to be used on the Miura 5 orbital rocket.[10]
Launch schedule[]
The first test flight of Miura 1 was planned for 2021[11] from an experimental rocket launch site in Huelva, southwestern Spain, called El Arenosillo,[12] and it will carry a payload from the German Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM).[4] Up to eight suborbital launches are targeted per year. It has been delayed to 2022.[6]
See also[]
- Miura 5 – Orbital recoverable launch vehicle of the Spanish company PLD Space
- PLD Space – Private Spanish launch services provider
- List of orbital launch systems
- Zero 2 Infinity – Private Spanish company developing high-altitude balloons
- INTA-300 – Suborbital two-stage launch vehicle of the Spanish INTA
- Capricornio (rocket) – Spanish orbital launch vehicle
References[]
- ^ a b c Miura 1. PLD Space. Accessed on 10 October 2020.
- ^ https://danielmarin.naukas.com/2021/11/26/la-guia-definitiva-del-cohete-miura-1-de-pld-space/
- ^ Henry, Caleb (28 November 2018). "PLD Space, after ESA input, doubles lift capacity of smallsat launcher". SpaceNews. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Since today, MIURA is the new PLD Space rocket's commercial brand" (Press release). PLD Space. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ a b Marín, Daniel (16 Feb 2018). "Europa apuesta por PLD Space para alcanzar el espacio". Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Radiografía del Miura 1; el primer cohete espacial español despegará de Huelva en 2022" [Radiography of Miura 1; the first Spanish space rocket will lift off from Huelva in 2022]. El Español (in Spanish). 13 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Marín, Daniel (6 July 2015). "La primera prueba de un motor cohete de combustible líquido en España". Eureka. Naukas. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ https://pldspace.com/images/MIURA_1/MIURA1_Payload_Users_Guide.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ Henry, Caleb (11 June 2018). "PLD Space raises additional $10 million for reusable smallsat launchers]". SpaceNews. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ López Sánchez, Gonzalo (22 Jan 2018). "Arion, el cohete español capaz de alcanzar la Luna". abc.es. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "PLD Space, la ambición de lanzar satélites con cohetes reutilizables" [PLD Space, and the ambition to launch satellites with reusable rockets]. El País (in Spanish). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Agreement reached between INTA and PLD Space to launch MIURA 1 from the "El Arenosillo"" (Press release). PLD Space. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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