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PLD Space, a Spanish launch company founded in 2011, is developing reusable launch vehicles for small satellite and suborbital missions.
ACTIVEPLD Space (Payload Aerospace S.L.) is a Spanish company based in Elche developing the partially reusable MIURA family of launch vehicles: MIURA 1, a suborbital rocket that flew in 2023, and MIURA 5, an orbital launcher.
PLD Space (Payload Aerospace S.L.) is a Spanish company based in Elche developing the partially reusable MIURA family of launch vehicles: MIURA 1, a suborbital rocket that flew in 2023, and MIURA 5, an orbital launcher.
Rank 29 of 93 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 17 and 46.
2 of 5 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 75% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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5 private rounds on record (1 with no stated amount, counted but not added). Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Two-stage orbital small-satellite launcher with a recoverable, reusable first stage; first flight from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou targeted for the first half of 2027.
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Compiled Oct 13, 2026 from 6 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Series C Extension: €108.0M (about $125.2M)
Lead recorded as Mitsubishi Electric. Dollar figure converted at 1.159 EUR/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Sep 1, 2026
Source: European Spaceflight
Announced Sep 1, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
6 rounds, $405.9M disclosed
1 with no amount disclosed
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Source: European Spaceflight
Latest round Sep 1, 2026
Also: SatNews, SpaceNews, PLD Space (press release on SpaceNews), SpaceNews, PLD Space (press release, archived)
Took part in Series C Extension (Sep 1, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 1, 2026
Endeavor Catalyst
Took part in Series C Extension (Sep 1, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 1, 2026
Recorded as lead of Series C Extension (Sep 1, 2026)
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 13). PLD Space: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pld-space
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "PLD Space: Company dossier." Data as of October 13, 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pld-space.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_pldspace_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{PLD Space}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pld-space}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pld-space},
urldate = {2026-10-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-13; each fact links its primary source}
}Spain Oman Private Equity Fund
Took part in Series C Extension (Sep 1, 2026)
European Spaceflight, Sep 1, 2026
Took part in Venture Debt (Apr 7, 2026)
SatNews, Apr 7, 2026
Took part in Series C (Mar 4, 2026)
SpaceNews, Mar 4, 2026
Took part in Series C (Mar 4, 2026)
SpaceNews, Mar 4, 2026
Arcano Partners, Aciturri and CDTI (Innvierte)
Recorded as lead of Series B (Dec 27, 2021)
PLD Space (press release on SpaceNews), Dec 27, 2021
JME Venture Capital
Took part in Series A (second tranche) (Jun 11, 2018)
SpaceNews, Jun 11, 2018