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Nike Cajun

National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationRetired

The Nike-Cajun was a two-stage sounding rocket built by combining a Nike base stage with a Cajun upper stage. It was launched 714 times between 1956 and 1976 and was the most frequently used sounding rocket of the western world.

Nike Cajun vehicle

Specifications

Thrust
246 kN
Height
7.7 m
Diameter
0.42 m
Launch mass
0 t
Stages
2

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

4flightswith a definitive outcome
100%success rate4 of 4
4success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

4 of 4