PLD Space wins first ESA contract for HALCON rocket navigation system

Spain's PLD Space won its first ESA contract, worth EUR 995,705 and funded equally with ESA, to build HALCON, a hybrid GNSS/IMU navigation system for its Miura 5 and Miura Next reusable rockets, under the NAVISP Element 2 programme.

Reported Editor-read SpaceWatch.Global, 17 September 2025

What it does not test. It does not show the navigation system has flown or replaced any foreign made guidance component yet.

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