
High winds halt Spanish rocket launch
Paris (AFP) May 31, 2023 - The maiden flight of the Spanish-built Miura 1 rocket was cancelled Wednesday due to high winds, startup PLD Space said, in a setback for development of the small-scale space launcher.
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