Bad weather leads to postponement of 1st Spanish space flight
STORY: Bad weather leads to postponement of 1st Spanish space flight
DATELINE: June 1, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:21
LOCATION: Madrid
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Miura 1 rocket on Wednesday morning about to be launched (southwest Spain)
2. various of the rocket at the facilities of the Spanish company PLD Space
3. various of previous rocket tests
4. various of the rocket at the PLD Space facilities
STORYLINE:
The launch of Spain's first suborbital rocket had to be postponed on Wednesday for the second time in a week, due to poor weather conditions.
The Miura 1 rocket, designed and built by the Spanish company PLD Space, was due to be launched Wednesday morning from a military base in southwest Spain, but the launch was postponed due to gusts of wind of over 30 meters per second.
The company issued a statement confirming that "both the launch pad and the rocket are in perfect condition," adding that there would be another attempt to launch in the coming days.
"The team faces the next few da
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