WARR is short for "Wissenschaftliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Raketentechnik und Raumfahrt", which translates to "Scientific Workgroup for Rocketry and Spaceflight". We are a student organization at TU Munich, Germany and are specializing in everything space. In particular, we are working on rockets, satellites, rovers, space elevators, and microgravity experiments. We are a non-profit student group based at the Technical University Munich, working on ambitious projects around the theme of space. With over 400 actively working student members, WARR is the biggest group of its kind in all of Germany. We're currently working within five subgroups: WARR rocketry (hybrid and solid rockets), WARR move (satellites), WARR space robotics (rover concepts, drones and space elevators) and WARR space labs (biological microgravity experiments). Originally, WARR was established in 1962 to compensate for the university's lack of space-focused institutes. Our primary goal is to provide opportunities for hands-on project experience in the aerospace sector, complimentary to the more theoretical education a university can offer.
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Boltzmannstraße 15
Garching, Bavaria 85748, DE
Take a look at this great blog post by one of our members at MOVE.
Embedded Devs: How do you test your ECC error detection handling code? At WARR MOVE, we want to ensure the bootloader for our next satellite missions is reliable in the space environment. In my latest blog post, I explain how we trick the STM32L4R5 microcontroller into triggering real ECC detection interrupts, which allows us to verify that our bootloader continues to work when data corruption occurs
On 21.06.2024 WARR Rocketry successfully launched the rocket EX-1E of project WESP at the competition "Spaceport America Cup". The rocket is the first two stage rocket launched by rocketry and since the flight was fully nominal, it also is the first successful launch and recovery of a German student built two stage rocket. Flying a payload from our sister project D.I.N.O. labs, the sustainer (2nd stage) of the rocket reached 7.8km AGL in altitude after which it performed a successful recovery. The booster (1st stage) of the rocket was similarly recovered successfully, while utilizing an unorthodox sideways recovery system. The launch itself was a culmination of countless hours of work put in by the wider team around project WESP and the Launchcrew, with the sustainer being manufactured in the span of less than two months being preceded by countless hours of development and a test launch on 21.04. in Straubing, Germany. The launch included many firsts for WARR Rocketry, as this was our first ever Two-Stage Launch, it included our first ever staging system, it marked the first time we developed an utilized a topology optimized metal 3D printed structural parts and last, but not least, it included the aforementioned sideways recovery system, which underwent it's first successful deployment during this flight. The team will now strive to improve the system, with the official commencement of the development EX-1Evo we hope to improve the current rocket and see how high and how fast it can truly go. EX-1E, however, was not the only competition launch planned for this year as in October the project Nixus will attempt to launch at the European Rocketry Challenge with the EX-4B, the improved version of the EX-4. #rocketry #soundingrockets #SpaceportAmericaCup2024 #WESP
Louis Wiench, our project manager from Nixus WARR Rocketry, recently took the stage as a guest at TUM Entrepreneurship Day organized by UnternehmerTUM. He participated in the panel discussion titled “TUM @ New Space - The Sky is No Limit” alongside esteemed guests like Chiara Manfletti (Prof. at Space Propulsion Chair), Daniel Metzler (CEO of IsarAerospace) and Luisa Buinhas (Co-Founder & Chief Program Officer at Vyoma). This event delved into the exciting frontiers of space exploration and innovation, as well as the spirit of entrepreneurship in space technology. During the discussion, Louis shared insights from WARR Rocketry's projects: a bi-liquid rocket (Nixus) and a solid sounding rocket (WESP), highlighting how they are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in student rocketry. We are grateful that we were able to be a part of this great discussion. Underscoring the rapid advancements in space technology and how entrepreneurial ventures are fueling this progress. Let’s keep up the good work!
For commissioning our new flight engine, Team WARR Rocketry has taken the first testing steps to flush the cooling channels, to get rid of any remaining debris that could be left from the manufacturing process. Afterwards the fully assembled engine’s flow paths are characterized to validate our calculations and to calibrate our load point calculation tools. All of these tests were successfully performed with our new in-house developed test rig control hardware and software.
Over the past few weeks we have been manufacturing and integrating our new flight engine. It is always a pleasure for the entire team to get the hardware into our hands after weeks of preparations. At this time we still had the post-machining flange attached to our nozzle, which is later removed just in time for hotfiring. We are very satisifed with the result. Once again, we want to express our gratitude to Isar Aerospace and 5AXperformance GmbH for manufacturing our combustion chamber, as well as to Der Fachverband Metall Bayern for manufacturing our faceplate. The injector dome has been manufactured in house by our talented Andrea Cataldi.
We have rendered a sneak peek for you, into the inner workings of our new flight engine. You can see the inconel combustion chamber, copper faceplate and stainless steel injector dome all contributing their part to achieve our thrust goal. Thanks to the generous manufacturing support by Isar Aerospace, 5AXperformance GmbH and Innung München Metall, we already have the displayed hardware manufactured and mounted on our test rig. Stay tuned for our real world footage of the hot fire coming soon! 🚀
We from WARR MOVE had the opportunity to visit the GSOC (German Space Operations Center). The GSOC handles the European contribution of the ISS, the Columbus module. In the future, Europe's contribution to the lunar Gateway will also be controlled from there! 12 Team members, mostly from our very own Mission Control Team, were able to use the opportunity to educate themselves about the daily operations of the Columbus module. Linda, a former member of WARR MOVE, made this visit possible. We thank her very much for the opportunity and wish her and her colleagues all the best.
For the development of our next flight engine we have recently been conducting a computed tomography scan of our freshly printed combustion chamber. The aim of such an analysis is to inspect the printed component for manufacturing defects and cooling channel clearance. A critical part of regeneratively cooled combustion chambers is the intricate internal geometry of the cooling channels. After the metal 3D-printing process the trapped metal powder has to be drained from all cavities. By analyzing the internal geometries we can now calibrate our analytical models with the actual geometry, once we have gathered testing data. This detailed analysis was only possible with the generous help of Fraunhofer IIS/EZRT. We have been searching for a CT-scanning machine with sufficient beam power to penetrate the dense Inconel 718 for a long time. The provided machine enables a high scanning resolution to obtain an accurate model of the physical geometry. Also huge thanks to Isar Aerospace for supporting us with the printing of the combustion chamber! 🚀✨ #warr #rocket #rocketry #combustion
We are truly honored to be founded by Prof. Robert Schmucker. Thanks to his early work, he made it possible for us as students to work with scientific rocketry and space topics today. We are looking forward to his insights into the founding era of WARR. See you on May 22nd 🚀
📢 Join us at Inspire & Dine as we welcome Prof. Robert Schmucker, who takes the stage to discuss “WARR - Reaching for the stars” 💫 👉 Get your free tickets here: https://lu.ma/jnfw5oc7 🚀 Founded as student initiative in 1962, WARR’s activities focused on hybrid rockets, culminating in the launch of the experimental rocket “Barbarella” in 1974. The field of work then expanded to satellites, space travel, and robotics. In the recent past, some new topics have been added which resulted in a number of successful start-ups. The growing interest in space is reflected in Bavaria in the relevant university education, government institutions and industry, which clearly indicates that the future of this field looks promising and space flight and Bavaria go together. Robert Schmucker has more than six decades of experience researching rocketry, missiles, and astronautics in Germany, the UK and at NASA. He is also teaching at the TUM since 1971. In 1962, he founded WARR ((Scientific Working Group for Rocketry and Space Flight). In the 1990s, he was a weapons inspector for the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) in Iraq. The consulting firm he founded, Schmucker Technologie, has provided missile, threat, security, and proliferation analyses for national and international organizations for more than 20 years. Sign up now and save your spot for yet another great evening of talks and inspiration on May 22nd at 6:15pm at the LMU Große Aula! 🎉
We have lift-off! 🚀🚀 The Modellrocketry competition lifited off successfully, and after a long preparation phase, the members could see their rocket fly. We had 8 launches from 6 different teams and their unique rockets. Each rocket had a small egg passenger that hat to be returned safely to the ground 🥚 A huge thanks to everyone coming to this great event and helping out to make this day a success. We are already looking forward to the next competition and its rocket launches. #modelrockets #space #liftoff