On Monday, 24 November 2025, Deputy Minister of National Defense Cezary Tomczyk announced on social media that a three-stage suborbital rocket system – developed by WZL-1 as the lead contractor, together with the Military Institute of Armament Technology (WITU) and the Special Production Plant (ZPS) Gamrat – was launched from the Central Air Force Range (CPSP) in Ustka.
Dziś na poligonie CSP w Ustce odbył się pomyślny start trójstopniowej rakiety suborbitalnej opracowanej przez konsorcjum Wojskowy Instytut Techniczny Uzbrojenia, Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze nr 1 w Łodzi oraz Gamrat. Rakieta zrealizowała wszystkie założone cele, tj. poprawne… pic.twitter.com/Px0AzzVNo2
— Cezary Tomczyk (@CTomczyk) November 24, 2025
“Today at the CPS training range in Ustka, a successful launch of a three-stage suborbital rocket developed by the consortium consisting of the Military Institute of Armament Technology, Military Aviation Works No. 1 in Łódź, and Gamrat took place. The rocket achieved all planned objectives, including proper stage separation, guidance to the designated point in space, and flight along the intended trajectory. It reached an altitude of 65 km, completing a safe and stable flight and confirming the correct operation of all key technologies developed domestically,” the Deputy Minister of National Defence announced.
Today’s launch followed a test conducted on 15 April of this year with a single-stage version of the rocket with a diameter of 300 mm. Earlier, from November 2023 to June 2024, a 610 mm solid-fuel rocket motor intended for the final rocket configuration was tested. These were preceded by tests of a 105 mm test rocket.
The work is being conducted under the project “Development of a Three-Stage Suborbital Rocket System for Launching Research Payloads,” co-funded by the National Centre for Research and Development under agreement no. POIR.01.01.01-00-0834/19.
The goals of the Three-Stage Suborbital Rocket project include the development and construction of a three-stage, recoverable suborbital launch vehicle, culminating in a demonstration flight beyond the Kármán line to an altitude of 100 km with a payload of up to 40 kg.
The Military Institute of Armament Technology (WITU) is responsible for the conceptual design, calculations, selection and consultation of technology implementation with partners, propulsion production, system logic, control, and testing. The consortium partners are responsible for the technology used to manufacture structural components — including composites and ablative materials — and for producing rocket fuel using a new casting line created within the project for loads up to 650 mm in diameter.
