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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 246 kN
- Height
- 7.7 m
- Diameter
- 0.42 m
- Launch mass
- 0 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
4
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
100%
4 of 4
Current success streak
4
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet — Success
- Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet — Success
- Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet — Success
- Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet — Success