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Up to Space.
And Far Beyond.

Join Us on a Historic Journey:
Be Part of the First Student
Methalox Rocket to Reach
100 km into orbit.

Hello There! We Are

Elara Aerospace

We are an incorporated nonprofit student club with a focus on building rockets. We see the current state of aerospace destined for disruption and want to shape the future of the industry with innovative concepts. We aim to build the world’s largest reusable Methalox rocket made by students and under 30 years olds that reaches 150 km into orbit. Our initiative plans to break multiple world records and has been featured on various media outlets.


About Us What Inspires Us What the Media is talking about us
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Our Philosophy

What We Want To Do

We’ve got everything you need to launch your payload into space:

Additive Manufacturing

Develop a design that is easily adjustable and leverages the benefits of Additive Manufacturing

Reusability

Repurpose boosters and salvage compnents for future launches, all while reducing expenses

High Launch Cadence

1 launch per month to maintain Europe's competitiveness in aerospace in a competitive world

Sustainability

Using clean burning fuels, with 50% of exhaust product being water



The Technology Behind Our Rockets

Timeline - Project Starlight

Our plan to achieve the impossible

Goals in Sight

Brainstorm
Establishing Objectives and a Mission Statement
Planning
Generating Initial Drafts and Concepts
Prototype
Manufacture and test each subsystem
Launch
Launching the rocket at end of Q3 2025


  • 100%
    Brainstorm
  • 100%
    Planning
  • 90%
    Prototype
  • 60%
    Launch
Our Mission Support Us on our Journey

Bring the brightest students together from different disciplines

Dream big with us

Elara Aerospace Team (May 2024)


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Highlighted Moments

We love what we do, check out what we achieved so far

Autodesk Fusion Workshop

Munich, Germany

The Elara Aerospace team got its first workshop about Autodesk Fusion from Autodesk Germany team

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA)

Augsburg, Germany

Company Visit Tour at Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) headquarters (20th December 2023)

Elara Aerospace at 31st Münchner Management Kolloquium event

Munich, Germany

Exciting news at Ignition Aerospace as we proudly announce our participation in the prestigious Münchner Management Kolloquium, which took place in Munich on the 5th and 6th of March this year. Recognised as one of Germany’s leading business conferences, the MMK attracted over eighty senior executives from a wide range of sectors, including DAX-listed companies, European conglomerates, strong SMEs and start-ups, all coming together to explore the overarching theme of ‘STRONGER TOGETHER - Networking and Collaborating to Build Resilience’.

TUM president meets Elara Aerospace

Munich, Germany

TUM president Thomas F. Hofmann meets the founding team of Elara Aerospace at TUM Campus Munich (2nd April 2024)

TUM president supports Elara Aerospace student club launch

Munich, Germany

TUM president Thomas F. Hofmann vouches for Elara Aerospace and supports the team at its student club launch with its Recruiting posters

Photoshooting Day at Hochschule München

Munich, Germany

The whole team together at the Photoshooting Day in front of Hochschule München building

Pitch at TNG Technology Consulting

Munich, Germany

How to launch a rocket in one year

Elara Aerospace x TNG Consulting event

Munich, Germany

Tom Luca Reinhardt at Elara Aerospace booth at TNG Consulting

Elara Aerospace Autodesk University

San Diego, United States

Elara Aerospace in San Diego (USA) at Autodesk University

Elara Aerospace x Autodesk team

San Diego, United States

Get Together of Elara Aerospace team and Autodesk team at the Autodesk University 2024 event in San Diego (USA)

Elara Aerospace wins Autodesk award

USA

Theresa Schmitt and Tobias Jäger win the Autodesk University awards 2024

Elara Aerospace x Blackwave

Taufkirchen, Germany

Get Together of Elara Aerospace team at Blackwave (7th November 2024)
(Elara Aerospace members in last row: Fynn, Jozef, Peter / first side: Rufus, Suriyaa, Theresa, Chirag, Adrian)

Elara Aerospace x MT Aerospace

Friedberg, Germany

Elara Aerospace visits factory of MT Aerospace

Elara Aerospace x Voxeljet

Friedberg, Germany

Elara Aerospace visits Voxeljet
(left side: Tobias Jäger / right side: Suriyaa Sundararuban)

Ansys event

Munich, Germany

Elara Aerospace at Ansys event

New Semester Recruiting

Garching, Germany

Recruiting new people with Peter von Grundherr in Garching

Tech Meeting

Garching, Germany

Elara Aerospace team working in their Tech Meetings

Elara Aerospace x Munich Security Conference (MSC)

Munich, Germany

Elara Aerospace visits Munich Security Conference 2025

Lets Reach Space Together

Partner with Elara Aerospace and shape the future of aerospace

Technische Universität München Hochschule München Universität der Bundeswehr München (UniBw) OLM Launch Autodesk Ansys Formlabs Fusion by Stoke Space Makerspace The Virtual Foundry Böllhoff Accelleron Switzerland Ltd Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co., Ltd.
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Contact Us

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Contact Info

Email Us At

team@elara-aerospace.com

Shipping Address

Makerspace GmbH
c/o Elara Aerospace
Lichtenbergstr. 6
85748 Garching bei München
Germany

Where to Find Us
HM Branch:
Hochschule München
c/o Elara Aerospace
Lothstr. 21
80335 München
Germany

TUM Branch:
Technische Universität München
c/o Elara Aerospace
Arcisstr. 21
80333 München
Germany

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