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Spain’s SpaceX? Europe to challenge Elon Musk with new reusable rockets, crew capsule


PLD Space aims to take on Elon Musk’s space monopoly. The company also announced a range of next-generation rockets.

Spain’s PLD Space, the first private company to successfully launch a suborbital rocket from mainland Europe, has announced its ambitious plans for the future. In October last year, PLD Space flew the suborbital MIURA 1 rocket from a facility in Arenosillo near Huelva in the south of Spain. ABOUT THE EDITOR Chris Young Chris Young is a journalist, copywriter, blogger and tech geek at heart who’s reported on the likes of the Mobile World Congress, written for Lifehack, The Culture Trip, Flydoscope and some of the world’s biggest tech companies, including NEC and Thales, about robots, satellites and other world-changing innovations. 

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