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# Spain's PLD Space agrees to launch Italy's D-Orbit missions on Miura 5
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-04-03-pld-space-dorbit-miura5-deal/
- Published: 2025-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:00:27.000Z
- Description: PLD Space of Spain agreed on 3 April to fly D-Orbit's ION orbital transfer vehicle on its Miura 5 rocket from French Guiana. Most of D-Orbit's past missions had flown on SpaceX's Falcon 9.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [European Spaceflight, 7 April 2025](https://europeanspaceflight.com/pld-space-to-launch-d-orbit-missions-aboard-miura-5/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish the contract's value, a firm launch date, or that any payload has yet flown.

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**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)