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SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

PLD Space raises $209M (€180M) Series C led by Mitsubishi Electric to industrialise Miura 5 and target 30+ missions/year by 2030

Spanish launcher PLD Space has secured $209 million (€180 million) in a Series C led by Mitsubishi Electric to kickstart serial production of its Miura 5 orbital vehicle, scale launch operations for Asia and pursue global orbit access with a target of more than 30 missions per year by 2030.

Also: European Spaceflight, Reuters and techfundingnews.com
2026-03-03T22:12:21.919935-08:00
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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

NASA Tests Prototype 3D Printed Titanium Antenna in Space

By Universe Today: With a simple motion, a jack-in-the-box-like spring designed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed the potential of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, to cut costs and complexity for futuristic space antennas.

2026-03-03T11:35:12.991550-08:00