Spain Launches its Private Rocket

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Spanish company PLD Space now has one launch under its belt.

PLD Space's Miura 1 suborbital rocket lifted off today from the El Arenosillo Test Center at the National Institute of Aerospace Technology in Huelva, Spain, at 8:19 p.m. EDT (0019 GMT and 0219 local time in Spain on Oct. 7).

The mission was scheduled to last 12 minutes and get 50 miles (80 kilometers) above Earth's surface — the altitude at which space begins, according to NASA and the U.S. military. (That's not universally accepted, however; some organizations go with the Kármán line, which lies 62 miles, or 100 km, up.)

Miura 1 — which is named after a type of fighting bull — didn't get that high, topping out at 28.6 miles (46 km) on a flight that lasted 306 seconds, according to a company statement. But the rocket performed well enough on its first-ever test flight to have PLD Space celebrating.

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Good info...and great news..Galaxy soon

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