NASA Nike Cajun Trailblazer Pellet 4

Name: NASA Nike Cajun Trailblazer Pellet 4
Start: 1966-09-17T01:57:00.000Z
Location: Unknown Pad

Nike Cajun

Status

Success

Date

17 SEP 1966

01:57

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Unknown Pad

Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Mission Overview

Suborbital launch to test re-entry systems. Reached an apogee of 280 km.

Rocket

Nike Cajun

Mission Type

Materials Science

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