It is originally based in Gotha, Germany but plays its home games in Erfurt.

[2] In the 2011–12 season, Gotha was crowned ProB champions and the team was promoted to the second tier level ProA.

However, from January 2018 the main sponsor left and the club would be simply known as "Rockets".

[7] In its debut season in the BBL, Rockets ended in the 17th place and relegated back to the ProA.

Due to loss of the main sponsor Oettinger Brauerei the team decided to sell their ProB licence to Basketball Löwen Erfurt and continue to compete in the 2.