今日，该公司宣布PLD Space已与法国航天局CNES达成协议，双方正考虑在法属圭亚那的航天港为PLD的火箭建造第二个发射台。
Today, the company announced that PLD Space had entered into an agreement with CNES, the French space agency, and that both parties were considering building a second launch pad for PLD’s rockets at the spaceport in French Guiana.
他们将研究新发射台能否设在库鲁圭亚那航天中心的ELM-Diamant场址，CNES正将前Diamant火箭场址改造成多家私营发射公司的共享基地。
They will examine whether the new pad can be accommodated at the ELM-Diamant site of the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, and CNES is converting the former Diamant rocket site into a shared base for several private launch companies.
该发射台将支持MIURA 5和更大的MIURA 9。这些火箭是PLD Space与欧洲航天局在欧洲发射器挑战计划下协议的一部分，该计划旨在减少欧洲对海外火箭的依赖。
The MIURA 5 and the bigger MIURA 9 will be supported by the pad. These rockets are part of PLD Space’s agreement with the European Space Agency under the European Launcher Challenge, an initiative intended to reduce Europe’s dependence on overseas rockets.
欧空局于8月签订了这份合同；合同价值1.589亿欧元，主要由西班牙资助，德国也有出资。
ESA entered into the contract in August; it is worth €158.9m and is mainly financed by Spain, with a contribution from Germany.
PLD Space已在该场址有所布局。2025年6月，它成为首家与CNES签订合同、在那里建造自有发射综合体的私营公司。MIURA 5将从该综合体进行首次飞行。
PLD Space already has a presence at the site. In June 2025, it became the first private company to enter into a contract with CNES to construct its own launch complex there. The MIURA 5 will make its first flight from that complex.
PLD Space表示，其首次飞行将在2026年进行；迄今为止其唯一一次发射是2023年10月的MIURA 1。
PLD Space states that its first flight will occur in 2026; its only launch to date was MIURA 1 in October 2023.
PLD Space执行总裁埃塞基耶尔·桑切斯表示：“与CNES的这项协议强化了PLD Space对圭亚那航天中心以及欧洲自主进入太空能力的长期承诺。”
“This agreement with CNES reinforces PLD Space’s long-term commitment to the Guiana Space Centre and to Europe’s autonomous access to space,” said Ezequiel Sánchez, PLD Space’s executive president.