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PLD Space

PLD Space is a Spanish space transportation company developing launch vehicles and the industrial infrastructure needed to deliver satellites and other payloads to space. Its MIURA programme includes the MIURA 1 technology demonstrator, which flew in October 2023, and the MIURA 5 orbital launcher being developed for commercial missions. The company combines vehicle engineering, manufacturing, testing and launch operations, with an industrial base in Elche, Spain, and launch infrastructure at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Its wider development programme also includes the LINCE space capsule.

Founded 2011

Team

Andrés UbiernaBoard Director

Aníbal VillalbaChief Strategy & Public Affairs Officer

Candace JohnsonIndependent Board Member

Ezequiel SánchezExecutive President

Fernando CerezuelaChief General Services Officer

Gener RomeuBoard Director

Giovanni Luca CarolloTechnical Advisory Committee Member

Hilario AlbarracínIndependent Board Member

Iñaki Ulizar ÁlvarezTechnical Advisory Committee Member

José Andrés SánchezChief People & Culture Officer

José Manuel RodríguezChief Financial Officer

Julio MonrealTechnical Advisory Committee Member

Luis SánchezBoard Vice-President

María Jesús AlberolaChief Program Officer

Rafael CastroChief Manufacturing Officer

Raúl TorresCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Raúl VerdúCo-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer

Ronnie Michael SantiBoard Director

Investments

€108M2026-09-01

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