The launch of the Miura 1, the rocket designed and built by the Elche company PLD Space, from the Médano del Loro military base, in Moguer (Huelva) has been aborted again this morning for the second time during engine ignition for reasons that are being analyzed.
After the mission had to be aborted in the final phase on May 31st due to strong gusts of wind at altitude that did not guarantee safety, this morning although it has gone further in the process, it has not been able to be completed either.
The company communicated this Friday afternoon the scheduled time for this second attempt, after the last meteorological sounding balloon launched at 2:00 p.m. confirmed that the weather conditions and the mission’s flight safety study were favourable.
As they have communicated through the streaming broadcast, Sara Poveda, first employee of PLD Space; and Roberto Palacios, systems engineer for MIURA 5 -the reusable suborbital rocket that is intended to be launched in 2025 from French Guiana-, the cause, on this occasion, was an “abort” at the moment of engine ignition, the causes of which are being analysed, although the team considers “a success” to have reached that moment.
The launch has been coordinated from the El Arenosillo Experimentation Center of the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), a nearby facility where the rocket has been since April.