Vehicle / SINCE 1956

Nike Cajun

NASA Discontinued
ABOUT

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 8
Length 7.7 m
Diameter 0.42 m
Launch Mass T 0
Thrust 246 kN
Reusable No
Total Launches 4
Successful Launches 4
Maiden Flight 1956-07-06