MISSION NAME
Trailblazer Pellet 4
Status
Success
DATE
17 SEP 1966
LAUNCH PROVIDER
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Launch Pad
Unknown Pad
Description
Suborbital launch to test re-entry systems. Reached an apogee of 280 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.