{"id":635347,"date":"2026-10-19T14:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635347\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:34:10","slug":"pld-space-miura-5-inaugural-launcher-nears-final-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/635347\/","title":{"rendered":"PLD Space Miura 5 Inaugural Launcher Nears Final Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    PLD Space Miura 5 Inaugural Launcher Nears Final Integration | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/robert-wall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Wall<\/a><br \/>\n                    October 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pldprogressoct.png\" alt=\"Miura 5 rocket assembly in facility\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: PLD Space<\/p>\n<p>  PLD Space says its Miura 5 rocket, due to undertake its inaugural launch next year, is nearing final integration. The rocket is one of three Miura 5s the company has already manufactured, with the other two designed to qualify key system elements, CEO Ra\u00fal Torres said in an Oct. 19 program update&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/robert_wall_aviation_week_network.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/robert-wall\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Wall<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. <\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">PLD Space Miura 5 Inaugural Launcher Nears Final Integration is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLD Space Miura 5 Inaugural Launcher Nears Final Integration | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Robert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-635347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}