Spanish start-up launches reusable rocket in breakthrough for European space ambitions

The first launch of MIURA 1 took place in the early hours of Saturday 7th October at the facilities of the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre (CEDEA), belonging to the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) and lasted 306 seconds in which MIURA 1 reached apogee at an altitude of 46 kilometres. The mission concluded with the rocket landing in the Atlantic Ocean and the company will proceed with the work of recovering the rocket during the next few hours.

The company is now working towards the inaugural flight of MIURA 5 – "our ultimate goal," as the company says. MIURA 5's maiden launch is scheduled for 2025 at the European spaceport CSG in Kourou, French Guiana, with commercial operations set to begin in 2026.