It’s official: MIURA 1 SN1 is ready to fly!· Mission Name: MIURA 1 SN1 Test Flight· Launch window: May 30th 08:00am / May 31st 10:00am (CET)· Watch Live: May 31st from 05:30am (CET) at #VamosMIURA
It’s official: MIURA 1 SN1 is ready to fly!· Mission Name: MIURA 1 SN1 Test Flight· Launch window: May 30th 08:00am / May 31st 10:00am (CET)· Watch Live: May 31st from 05:30am (CET) at
Spanish aerospace company @PLD_Space is aiming to launch the country's first privately-developed rocket, the Miura 1, into space later today.Overview article and lead image by me for @NASASpaceflight
¡Última actualización de MIURA 1 SN1 Test Flight!Nueva hora de lanzamiento: 08h00 T-0 (CET)Inicio de emisión de streaming: 07h00 (CET) en:Latest MIURA SN1 Test Flight Update!New launch hour: 08h00am T-0 (CET)*Watch live today from 07h00am (CET) at:youtube.com/@PLDSPACE/stre…
🔴HOLD! Estamos evaluando un comportamiento anómalo en la carga de LOX. A la espera de más información para proceder.We are assessing an irregular LOX loading behaviour. Stay tuned for additional information.
More information from PLD Space CEO. The issue is with a GSE tank not providing liquid oxygen to the vehicle at the rates they expect. Count is in a hold in order to investigate.
¡Última actualización de MIURA 1 SN1 Test Flight!Hora de lanzamiento: 08h30 T-0 (CET)Emisión de streaming: 07h30 (CET) en:Latest MIURA SN1 Test Flight Update!New launch hour: 08h30am T-0 (CET)*Watch live today from 07h30am (CET) at:https://youtube.com/@PLDSPACE/streams
did you know that there is a live update thread going for this flight? Might want to post there?
From video:The objective of this first flight of the MIURA 1 SN1 technological demonstrator will consist of gathering the greatest volume of information possible to continue validating a large part of the design and the technology and processes that will later be transferred and integrated into the development of MIURA 5. The objective of this first flight of the MIURA 1 SN1 technology demonstrator will be to gather as much information as possible to further validate much of the design and technology that will later be transferred and integrated into MIURA 5"
PLD Space is scrubbing the launch of Miura 1 today due to unfavorable weather conditions. The company states the upper level winds, the only watch weather item, are no go for flight. Teams will reset for another opportunity in the following days.
🔴 Standing down for today’s #MIURA1 test flight. We found upper winds higher than the expected and we have decided to abort the launch. Stay tuned for further needs.Thanks and #VamosMIURA!
During the past 5 hours, We have been monitoring West upper winds with values with above 20m/s and gusts of up to 30m/s between km 8 and 12. We have decided to not move countdown forward.Thank you all and specially to @intaespana CEDEA team for their collaboration.#VamosMIURA!
May 31st, 2023 – “Behind the Scenes” of our recent MIURA 1 SN1 Test Flight showing the mission team’s decision making around our last minute launch reschedule due to high-altitude winds.Waiting now for new a new launch window!#VamosMIURACheck it out:
Upper-level winds continue to postpone PLD Space's Miura 1 suborbital launch.
The high-altitude winds forecast for this weekend in the launch area, and with the last radiosonde carried out, violate the forecast limits and do not allow the launch operations of #MIURA1 to proceed. We postpone until a new scheduled window. @PLD_Space #VamosMIURA
Our MIURA 1 is on the launch pad ready for take-off!Mission: MIURA 1 SN1 Test FlightLaunch window: 17 June 02:00 (CET) - 17 June 10:00 (CET)Streaming broadcast: 17 June from 01:00 (CET) on youtube.com/@PLDSPACE/stre…#VamosMIURA
Launch pad checks for propellant loading performed and all ok. Countdown is progressing nominally. #VamosMIURA @PLD_Space
PLD Space returns for the second launch attempt of its Miura 1 SN1 Test Flight from El Arenosillo, in Spain. Overview by me for @NASASpaceflight: https://nasaspaceflight.com/2023/06/pld-space-m1sn1/Livestream: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7UABQa
T-0 abort.
We have had an automatic Abort due to the NO release of the avionics umbilicals, the rest were free and the engine at nominal thrust. 0.25 second margin. #MIURA1 is healthy. We analyze the data to have more information.@PLD_Space
We had an impeccable countdown, with excellent coordination with @intaespana . The conditioning of the launcher, engine start phase up to nominal thrust was perfect. The performance was excellent. What could happen? 👉 🧵
It is still too early to obtain the final conclusions, we are still working on it, but we are clear that the Helium umbilical had a release delay of about 100 milliseconds...
This fact caused the “delay” between it and the avionics umbilicals to interrogate loose/not loose to overlap, and they coincided. Faced with this situation, the ground software safely aborted takeoff.
We were less than half a second away from taking off (nominal thrust 3.85s and release at 4.3s). The check routines at that critical time of <0 , 5s aborted our takeoff.
After shutdown, it is true that the situation is very tense, but everything is checked quickly. The agility of the CEDEA team @intaespana was also key for the operations to be safe.
We will finish the full study of the launch attempt and come back soon with a new launch date, summer and heat permitting. One thing is certain @PLD_Space does not give up. We are a professional and capable team. Flying is a matter of time #VamosMIURA !
We postpone the launch of MIURA 1 to September due to the mandatory compliance with the regulations regarding prevention of forest fires, the high temperatures in Huelva and the necessary coordination with the Civil Guard.More info:https://acortar.link/KOD3sh
https://twitter.com/pld_space/status/1673617969128062977QuoteWe postpone the launch of MIURA 1 to September due to the mandatory compliance with the regulations regarding prevention of forest fires, the high temperatures in Huelva and the necessary coordination with the Civil Guard.More info:https://acortar.link/KOD3sh
Off to Huelva!MIURA 1 is back at the launch base after the summer!We are in conversations with INTA to announce our next launch attempt window soon!Feeling ready to do ambitious things and dream big.#VamosMIURA
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Sep 15, 2023MIURA 1 SN1 Happy one year full mission test anniversary to MIURA1 SN1.A milestone that taught us to not be afraid to fail, and that every lesson, big or small, is a step forward and part of our story.As we look back to move forward, we are excited for what’s to come at PLD Space with upcoming MIURA 1 SN1 launch attempt and the engineering and production of our future orbital launcher MIURA 5.Happy one year full mission test anniversary to MIURA1 SN1.A milestone that taught us to not be afraid to fail, and that every lesson, big or small, is a step forward and part of our story.As we look back to move forward, we are excited for what’s to come at PLD Space with upcoming MIURA 1 SN1 launch attempt and the engineering and production of our future orbital launcher MIURA 5.
3. WHAT HAPPENED?PLD Space has determined a most likely cause related to the self-abort of the MIURA 1 SN1 lift-off.In this case, it has been determined that an inaccurate measurement of a tilt sensor on the platform mast caused the platform to be positioned 1 degree off its intended position. This generated a difference in pretension in the steel tensioning cables that pull the umbilical cables and, as a result, the umbilicals took 100 milliseconds longer than expected to release from the launcher, which meant that, at the time of the software check, the umbilical cables were to all intents and purposes still connected.Given this situation, and although the umbilical cables were released, the software automatically deter-mined, as a safety measure, that the umbilicals had not been released, and consequently sent the com-mand to abort the launch. The behaviour of the ground software was correct and as programmed.4. WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO SOLVE IT?1. Change the sensor, to try to get better accuracy in strongback tilt acquisition. This may help but does not fully solve the problem given the size of the structure, the dynamics of the hydraulics and the small margin of error.2. Increase the time settings for the release of the umbilical cables in the ground software, which would help to cover additional eventualities.
From the summary, which I've attached.Quote3. WHAT HAPPENED?PLD Space has determined a most likely cause related to the self-abort of the MIURA 1 SN1 lift-off.In this case, it has been determined that an inaccurate measurement of a tilt sensor on the platform mast caused the platform to be positioned 1 degree off its intended position. This generated a difference in pretension in the steel tensioning cables that pull the umbilical cables and, as a result, the umbilicals took 100 milliseconds longer than expected to release from the launcher, which meant that, at the time of the software check, the umbilical cables were to all intents and purposes still connected.Given this situation, and although the umbilical cables were released, the software automatically deter-mined, as a safety measure, that the umbilicals had not been released, and consequently sent the com-mand to abort the launch. The behaviour of the ground software was correct and as programmed.4. WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO SOLVE IT?1. Change the sensor, to try to get better accuracy in strongback tilt acquisition. This may help but does not fully solve the problem given the size of the structure, the dynamics of the hydraulics and the small margin of error.2. Increase the time settings for the release of the umbilical cables in the ground software, which would help to cover additional eventualities.
Bold Test mine. That's going to be difficult to test. The heat generated from engine startup might cause the tension to slacken. A windy situation could also cause that. Even a very hot day could affect the cables. Looks like they may need some hot-fire exercises to test the reconfigurations.
We are back at the launch pad!🚀💫MIURA 1 is ready for its imminent launch from our launch base in Huelva.T-0 ➡️ Saturday, 7th October at 02:00 CET (00:00 UTC) Check out all mission details below👇🏼pldspace.com/en/launches#VamosMIURA
Don't miss this launch attempt via our YouTube streaming account starting at 01:00 CET (23:00 UTC), approximately one hour before T-0:
In the early hours of October 7, the Spanish company @PLD_Space will try to become the first private company in Europe to carry out a space launch.The window opens at 2am local time#VamosMIURA
Pre-launch operations are progressing nominally and the latest weather report is favorable.Below, we review the main keys to the MIURA 1 launch.Key flight figures:- 12 minutes total flight duration.- 6 minutes of microgravity time.- 80 km apogee suborbital flight time.- 4 hours to recover payload after the flight.We are not flying alone!The MIURA 1 SN1 mission is carrying an experiment from the German Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity @ZARM_de, which aims to study microgravity conditions.
https://www.pldspace.com/en/launchesThe timeline was 6 minutes burn time and 12 minutes MET to splashdown of TF-1 followed by recovery.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 10/07/2023 12:30 amhttps://www.pldspace.com/en/launchesThe timeline was 6 minutes burn time and 12 minutes MET to splashdown of TF-1 followed by recovery.The burn was only about two to three minutes.
Quote from: russianhalo117 on 10/07/2023 12:30 amhttps://www.pldspace.com/en/launchesThe timeline was 6 minutes burn time and 12 minutes MET to splashdown of TF-1 followed by recovery.The burn was only about two minutes.
LAUNCH PLD Space MIURA1 SN1 maiden launch!youtube.com/watch?v=jszhir…
MECO and a deck of cards is their zero G indicator? 😅
Ah, photos of their workforce. Looks like an underperformance on the rocket, but a great first launch.
Why is this on ESA section?
Quote from: Satori on 10/07/2023 01:52 amWhy is this on ESA section?Do you mean it should go under:1) Suborbital instead? 2) Topic Heading align with all European Launches including but not exclusively ESA?3) Other Launchers (Korean, Brazilian etc.)?
Summary of events according to livestream:- Miura 1 successfully lifted off and reached MECO.- Apogee of ~47km, it was targeting 80km- Despite this, the launcher met all ascent objectives on its first launch attempt, according to CEO.- Miura 1 reentry test successful!!!
Quote from: catdlr on 10/07/2023 03:49 amQuote from: Satori on 10/07/2023 01:52 amWhy is this on ESA section?Do you mean it should go under:1) Suborbital instead? 2) Topic Heading align with all European Launches including but not exclusively ESA?3) Other Launchers (Korean, Brazilian etc.)?4. Move it to Commercial Space Flight General like most other commercial companies?
Lo conseguimos! - we made it! @intaespana Per aspera, ad astra! #VamosMIURA(📷@manumazzanti)
#MIURA1 , technical details @PLD_Space : we reached a height close to 50km, compared to the 80km initially planned. The explanation is:1) For safety, we change the trajectory to increase the portion of it over the Atlantic, “stretching it” and lowering the apogee
This was done to mitigate the affected area in the event of vehicle failure.2) To avoid increasing the aerodynamic load too much, we reduced the engine thrust time from 122s to 103s. In addition, we had uncertainty in the real thrust in SL which was good for us to make this change.
We have shown that #MIURA1 is a robust vehicle to be able to “adapt” different trajectories successfully based on need. We have covered all the objectives and we have made history.
The maximum value now is in ourselves, our engineering and program development, our systems management, procedures and flight analysis. We are ready to take on the development of the orbita launcher #MIURA5 , the big thing is on the way!
We begin to recover the videos from the launch of #MIURA1 . There is a lot of AWESOME material. In this video you can clearly see the rocket's umbilicals releasing. A relief. #VamoeMIURA !
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 10/07/2023 03:51 amQuote from: catdlr on 10/07/2023 03:49 amQuote from: Satori on 10/07/2023 01:52 amWhy is this on ESA section?Do you mean it should go under:1) Suborbital instead? 2) Topic Heading align with all European Launches including but not exclusively ESA?3) Other Launchers (Korean, Brazilian etc.)?4. Move it to Commercial Space Flight General like most other commercial companies?please no commercial - that is just a collection of random stuff, where it is difficult to find anything (plus it is inconsistent which companies are there and which are not)... rename this section to "European Launchers" and move all european stuff here (e.g. RFA)
One team, one dream! Moments for posterity!Per aspera, ad astra! 💫 And Happy World Space Week!
We continue analyzing the data from the first release of #MIURA1 @PLD_Space and the videos continue to honor the epic feat. The vehicle's active fluid umbilical release system and release mechanisms worked perfectly. ✅ #VamosMIURA !
There was no damage to the ramp except for the fireproof covers of equipment and pipes that were torn off by the engine fire, something that was foreseeable and unimportant. No hydraulic equipment or sensors were damaged. ✅
Technical update: Re-entry of #MIURA1, secondary flight target. ------Vehicle re-entered with excellent aerodynamic braking, ejected braking parachute and braking parachute opened nominally (photo of previous qualification test performed).
#MIURA1 splashed down within the safety zone and within the planned splashdown area. Ships were outside the exclusion zone and took just over 1.5 hours to reach the zone.lost telemetry prior to splashdown, commanding vehicle passivation.
We collected a huge amount of aerodynamic data from the vehicle during re-entry, accelerations in various Mach regimes, something key to the development of the #MIURA5 re-entry strategy.
However, from the attitude data we believe that the water impact was lateral, an unfavorable load case and possibly the vehicle had an ingress of water that totally or partially sank the vehicle. Recovery efforts were unfeasible. After 8h we aborted the search.
As a reflection: since 1957 there have been ~6500 launches of which only 2 rockets (I don't consider the space shuttle) are reusable (Falcon9 and NewShepard). Total recovered rocket launches account for 3% of the total. Electron has recently been added.
What do I mean by this? It is obvious: recovering a rocket is as (or more) complex than launching it and it is understandable that doing it the first time is not possible. For us it was something secondary and sooner rather than later, we will achieve it. #VamosMIURA! @PLD_Space
Recovered or not recovered we are equally happy and satisfied with the success!
This is the last photo of #MIURA1 that I was able to take before its release. Also the first photo without him. It is something very emotional because this rocket made us make history and the entire team @PLD_Space will always be grateful. He did his job excellently. #VamosMIURA
The Spanish company PLD Space plans to hold a press conference at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 20, in which the technical results of the first experimental flight of MIURA 1 that took place last October 7 will be presented.
Flashback video of our recent successful MIURA 1 SN1 test flight on October 7th. This milestone positions PLD Space as the only European private company with launch capability in Europe today.
