en.Wedoany.com Reported - International space transportation company PLD Space has announced the development and deployment of its launch site at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana, with an investment of €35 million between 2025 and 2026. This makes the company the first private operator to deploy such a level of capital expenditure at the historic ELM-Diamant launch site, contributing to the diversification and strengthening of Europe's space launch capabilities.

Of the total investment, €22 million will be executed within the French industrial ecosystem, with €13 million directly allocated to over 20 companies in French Guiana, including a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises. This approach reinforces PLD Space's commitment to embedding industrial activities locally and surpassing existing players to strengthen the regional space ecosystem.

According to the multiplier effect adopted by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) for the space sector in French Guiana, the investment is expected to generate approximately €21 million in local added value during the construction phase and sustain around 250-275 indirect and induced jobs; future regular launch operations will create 35 direct jobs.

PLD Space's launch infrastructure development at the Guiana Space Centre aims to enable European institutional and commercial payloads to be launched from European soil aboard European rockets, strengthening Europe's strategic autonomy and sovereign space access capabilities.

Civil engineering work for the MIURA 5 rocket launch site is now in its final stages, with completion expected in summer 2026. Parallel integration of launch infrastructure in Spain is nearing completion, and components have begun shipping to Kourou to develop a fully operational launch site in collaboration with the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES). The company is on track to conduct the first test flight of the MIURA 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in 2026.

[1] The economic impact assessment is based on INSEE's official methodology (Guiana File No. 11, 2022), using the Leontief input-output model applied to the Guiana Space Centre ecosystem. The multiplier effect estimates direct, indirect, and induced impacts on added value and employment in French Guiana.

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