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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1863515/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1863515/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> PLD Space signs agreement to launch from spaceport in Oman <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Etlaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etlaq</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MIURA5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIURA5</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Starting in 📆 2025, at least two <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> 🇪🇺 launch startups (<a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a> and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> Augsburg) expect to offer more choices for both institutional and commercial customers. The field will continue to widen toward the close of the decade, with <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MaiaSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaiaSpace</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Latitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latitude</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HyImpulse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyImpulse</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HyPrSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HyPrSpace</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Orbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbex</span></a>, <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a>, and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Skyrora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyrora</span></a> all working toward an inaugural flight of their respective vehicles. <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.com/arianegroup-already-working-to-secure-iris2-launch-contract" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.com/ariane</span><span class="invisible">group-already-working-to-secure-iris2-launch-contract</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Arianespace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arianespace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IRIS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRIS2</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceCompany</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>
Frederic Jacobs<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a> announces Lince, the first European commercial manned spacecraft expected for initial orbital flight in 2030. This will require <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a>'s Miura Next to be launched.</p>
Frederic Jacobs<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a> hasn't completed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MIURA5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIURA5</span></a>'s first orbital flight yet, but they announced they are expanding to heavy-launch vehicles with the Miura NEXT family of launchers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Miura5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miura5</span></a> will be attempted to be recovered with parachutes first, but PLD is working on propulsive landing for it.</p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>At the end of 📆 2022, the total funding 💶 secured by all <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> 🇪🇺 launch startups since 2011 was €419 million. In 📆 2023, that figure rose to €781 million, an 86% increase 📈 in the industry's total funding to date. In the first month and a half of 📆 2024 alone, another €70.5 million has been added to that figure. With the addition of that early 2024 funding, the total comes to €850 million 💰 <a href="https://europeanspaceflight.substack.com/p/state-of-european-launch-startup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">europeanspaceflight.substack.c</span><span class="invisible">om/p/state-of-european-launch-startup</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Orbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orbex</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/MaiaSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaiaSpace</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Augsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Augsburg</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFA</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a></p>
Frederic Jacobs<p>Is it the beginning of the end of Europe's access to space crisis?</p><p>After a successful test flight from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vega</span></a> comes back to flight successfully launching 12 satellites, including Thai THEOS-2 and FORMOSAT-7R and 6 🛰️ from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a>’s In-Orbit Demonstration &amp; Validation initiative. </p><p>Let's hope that after a successful inaugural flights of Ariane 6, Isar Aerospace's Spectrum, RFA's One and MIURA 5 ... this will all be just a bad memory ...</p><p><a href="https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Vega/Vega_flies_to_bring_satellites_to_space" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space</span><span class="invisible">_Transportation/Vega/Vega_flies_to_bring_satellites_to_space</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VV23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VV23</span></a></p>
Frederic Jacobs<p>What a pleasure to hear the launch sequence countdown in Spanish from a launch site in Huelva, South-West Spain🇪🇸 🇪🇺</p><p>🚀 Congrats PLD Space for the successful inaugural suborbital (apogee of 46km) flight of their MIURA 1 rocket, powered by a KeroLox engine!</p><p>This is the first private European launcher. This test flight validates 70% of the pieces for MIURA 5, their re-usable orbital microlauncher, that will be launching from Kourou in 2025.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VamosMIURA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VamosMIURA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PLDSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLDSpace</span></a></p>
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