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Nike Cajun

4FLIGHTS
100%SUCCESS
4STREAK
Jul 1956FIRST FLIGHT
NOREUSABLE
HEIGHT7.7 m
DIAMETER0.42 m
LIFTOFF THRUST246 kN
STAGES2

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.

Height7.7 m (25 ft)
Diameter0.42 m (1.4 ft)
Stages2