Miura 1

Miura 1 (previously called Arion 1)[2][3] is a suborbital recoverable launch vehicle of the Spanish company PLD Space. It is planned to be the first recoverable launch vehicle in Europe [4].

Miura 1
Functionsub-orbital reusable launch vehicle
ManufacturerPLD Space
Country of originSpain
Size
Height12.7 m (42 ft)
Diameter0.7 m (2 ft 4 in)
Mass2,550 kg (5,620 lb)
Stages1
Capacity
Payload to suborbital100 kg (220 lb) [1]
Launch history
Statusin development[1]
Launch sitesEl Arenosillo
First stage
Engines1 TEPREL-B
Thrust30 kN (6,700 lbf)
Burn time122 seconds
Fuelliquid oxygen (1,000 L) / kerosene (600 L)[1]

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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] With this, it will be the first recoverable launch vehicle in Europe.[4] 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.[8]

Launch schedule

The first test flight of Miura 1 is foreseen to take place in 2020[9] from an experimental rocket launch site in Huelva, southwestern Spain, called El Arenosillo,[10] and it will carry a payload from the German Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM).[3] The commercial flight service will begin in 2020. Up to eight suborbital launches are targeted per year.

gollark: At the other end, you can rebuild all your technology from a portable nanofabricator or something.
gollark: At the low end, you have "bash rocks together" which you just need rocks for (if on a planet).
gollark: I think the graph of "amount of technology needed to retain existing tech level" is an inverted U shape.
gollark: Or trees/plants, which have the convenient feature of automatically generating interest.
gollark: Other fun idea: hydrogen (gradually diffuses away).

See also

References
  1. Miura 1. PLD Space. Accessed on 15 December 2018.
  2. Henry, Caleb (28 November 2018). "PLD Space, after ESA input, doubles lift capacity of smallsat launcher". SpaceNews. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. "Since today, MIURA is the new PLD Space rocket's commercial brand" (Press release). PLD Space. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. Marín, Daniel (16 Feb 2018). "Europa apuesta por PLD Space para alcanzar el espacio". Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. Marín, Daniel. "La primera prueba de un motor cohete de combustible líquido en España". Eureka. Naukas. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  6. https://pldspace.com/images/MIURA_1/MIURA1_Payload_Users_Guide.pdf
  7. Henry, Caleb (11 June 2018). "PLD Space raises additional $10 million for reusable smallsat launchers]". SpaceNews. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  8. López Sánchez, Gonzalo (22 Jan 2018). "Arion, el cohete español capaz de alcanzar la Luna". abc.es. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  9. ""Venimos a complementar el hueco que queda por debajo de Vega/Vega-C"". August 16, 2019.
  10. "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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