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PLD Space ramps up €35M capex for MIURA 5 launch complex at Kourou’s CSG

PLD Space says it will invest €35 million (2025–2026) to develop and deploy its Launch Complex at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana—its largest planned capital commitment yet. The funding is intended to accelerate civil works as MIURA 5 targets a late-2026 inaugural flight.

Discovered 2026-06-01T03:41:09.367969-07:00 | 2026-06-01T03:41:09.367969-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

PLD’s €35M, 2025–2026 investment is a concrete, timeline-linked step to improve launch cadence readiness at CSG for MIURA 5, reducing schedule risk for a small-launch operator.
The move adds to European financing momentum behind PLD, building on prior institutional capital support such as EIB’s €34.6M loan to PLD Space.
It underscores how availability and modernization at Kourou’s Guiana Space Centre remain critical bottlenecks—set against other infrastructure commitments like ESA/CNES’ €1B, three-year pledge to upgrade Kourou.

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