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‘WARR’ (in German, short for Scientific Workgroup for
Rocketry and Spaceflight) is a scientific workgroup
based at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). It was
founded by students in 1962.
Ever since, it has given students the opportunity to gain
hands-on experience in space technology projects.
Today, WARR consists of four main project groups.
The first group is WARR Rocketry. In December 2017
the students successfully carried out a two-week test
campaign on the testing grounds of the German centre for
aviation and astronautics (DLR) in Lampoldshausen. The
goal was to verify their self-developed engine ‘Battleship’,
a hybrid rocket engine that will be used for the planned
height research rocket WARR Ex-3, which is intended to
reach a maximum flight altitude of 30 km and triple the
speed of sound.
WARR Satellite Technology, in cooperation with the
Chair of Astronautics (LRT), develops a CubeSat satellite
called MOVE-II. It was developed and built by more than
120 students over a period of two years. At the end of
November 2017, the development finally came to an end.
MOVE-II is ready for delivery and will be launched by a
Falcon-9 rocket in 2018.
In early December 2017, the WARR Space Elevator Team
participated at SPEC2017, an international competition in
Mito, Japan. The so-called ‘one.third’ space elevator was
by far the fastest climber in the competition and so the
team won the SPEC2017 speed award.
Selected Highlights 2017
A Big Year for WARR
WARR Hyperloop is also all about high speed. In August
2017, the team managed to win the SpaceX Hyperloop
Pod Competition for the second time, with a brand new
concept and design that went with a top speed of 324
km/h – the fastest speed ever reached by a Hyperloop
pod. Already in January 2017, WARR Hyperloop had won
prizes for ‘Fastest Pod’ and ‘Best Performance in Flight’ at
the first Hyperloop Pod Competition.
WARR Hyperloop winning the second SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition
in Los Angeles
WARR e.V., c/o Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik
Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching,
www.warr.deContact
Setup of the cryogenic test rig with oxygen liquefier