LAUNCH MISSION

NASA Nike Cajun Trailblazer Pellet

Name: NASA Nike Cajun Trailblazer Pellet
Start: 1964-03-12T04:17:00.000Z
Location: Unknown Pad

Status

Success

DATE

12 MAR 1964

LAUNCH PROVIDER

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Unknown Pad

Description

Test mission. Reached an apogee of 110 km.

Nike Cajun

Rocket Description

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.

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