NASA Nike Cajun Trailblazer Pellet 3

Name: NASA Nike Cajun Trailblazer Pellet 3
Start: 1965-05-04T05:50:00.000Z
Location: Unknown Pad

Nike Cajun

Status

Success

Date

4 MAY 1965

05:50

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Unknown Pad

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Mission Overview

Test mission. Reached an apogee of 110 km.

Rocket

Nike Cajun

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

7.7 m

Diameter

0.42 m

Thrust

246 kN