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    The Nike Apache, also known as Argo B-13, was a two-stage sounding rocket developed by Aerolab, later Atlantic Research, for use by the United States...
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    The Nike stage or Nike booster, a solid fuel rocket motor, was developed by Hercules Aerospace for use as the first stage of the Nike Ajax (M5 motor)...
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  • missile Nike (rocket stage) Various US sounding rockets named after the upper stage used, including: Nike-Apache Nike-Asp Nike-Cajun Nike-Hawk Nike-Hydac...
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    (Argo-13) Nike-Asp (ASPAN) Nike Cajun Nike Deacon Nike Genie Nike Hawk Nike Hydac Nike Iroquois Nike Javelin Nike Malemute Nike Nike Nike Orion Nike Recruit...
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  • launches Nike-Apache Nike-Asp Nike-Cajun Nike-Deacon Nike-Iroquois Nike Javelin Nike Malemute Nike-Nike Nike Orion Nike Recruit Nike T40 T55 Nike Tomahawk...
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    a total of 27 launches, primarily sounding rockets including the Nike Apache, Nike Tomahawk, Arcas and Black Brant launchers. Low payload weight orbital...
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  • solid-fueled rocket; 37 kN (8,300 lb) for 2.8 s Nike-Apache Corliss 1972 p. 24 Newell 1959 p. 100 Parsch 2002 Nike-Cajun at Encyclopedia Astronautica Corliss...
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    1971, rockets such as the Nike Apache, Petrel, Nike Tomahawk, Black Brant, Terrier Malemute, Taurus Orion, and Taurus Nike Tomahawk TNT have been launched...
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    the much larger Nike Apache rockets. Both of these rockets were two-stage rockets that could carry a substantial payload. The Nike Apache rockets weighed...
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  • the site include RH-300, M-100, Nike Apache, Arcas, Boosted Arcas, Skua 1, Centaure, Centaure 2A, Centaure 2B, Nike Tomahawk, Dragon 1, Judi-Dart, Boosted...
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  • rockets. The rockets used were Centaure, Judi-Dart, Nike-Cajun, and according to one source, Nike-Apache. Other sounding rockets used by Pakistan were Dragon...
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    1965, the Dutch and Americans used Suriname's Coronie site for multiple Nike Apache sounding rocket launches. The country is divided into ten administrative...
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    not always, included "Nike" in their name. Examples include the Nike-Cajun, Nike-Apache, Nike-Smoke and many others. A complete Nike Ajax system consisted...
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    be determined by weather balloons. Or a sounding rocket such as the Nike-Apache may deposit sodium clouds to observe very high altitude winds. Larger...
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  • needed] Arcas (1959–1991) Javelin (1959–1976) 1960s Astrobee (1960–1983) Nike Apache (1961–1978) Thor DSV-2 (1962–1975)[citation needed] Hopi Dart (1963–1964)...
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  • and development sites. First rocket launch: The first sounding rocket, Nike-Apache, was launched rocket on 21 Nov 1963. The project director for this Sodium...
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  • rocket launch site was established, from which mainly rockets of the type Nike Cajun were launched to explore the upper atmosphere. After completion of...
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    Chilca was in service from 1974 and was mainly used for launching Arcas and Nike sounding rockets. The Peruvian Paulet sounding rocket has been launching...
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    marked India's first venture into space, with the launch of a two-stage Nike Apache sounding rocket from TERLS. The first rockets launched were built in...
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  • launched more than 150 rockets from Esrange. Most of these were Centaure, Nike Apache, and Skua rockets reaching 100–220 km altitude. They supported many branches...
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    using the Rohini sounding rockets. On November 21, 1963, the American Nike-Apache was the first sounding rocket to launch from Thumba. Following that,...
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  • Thiruvananthapuram. The launch was successful and it sent NASA-made Nike-Apache rocket to space. 15 December - Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan established...
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    been launched from CLBI: Loki-Dart Nike-Cajun Orion Nike-Apache Aerobee 150 Javelin Nike-Tomahawk Black Brant 4A Nike-Iroquois Boosted Dart Super Arcas...
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    25 February Successful Apogee: 128 kilometres (80 mi). 15 March 17:55 Nike-Apache Esrange Sandia DLR K-NA-11 DFVLR Suborbital Ionosphere research, Aeronomy...
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    in space travel began in the early 1960s, when scientists launched a Nike-Apache rocket from TERLS, Kerala. The Indian National Committee for Space Research...
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    configurations. Configuration 1 used the booster from a Nike Ajax surface-to-air missile, with either an Apache (Version 1), Cajun (version 2), or inert Cajun...
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    The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation (Western Apache: Tsékʼáádn), in southeastern Arizona, United States, was established in 1872 as a reservation...
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    was carried out in the spring of 1967, at Esrange (Sweden). With five Nike-Apache rockets, artificial barium clouds (Aurora Borealis) were created in about...
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    from the pad occurred on 6 November 1964. On 7 March 1970, a Nike-Apache and four Nike-Iroquois rockets were launched from the complex. The upgraded...
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    nuclear test series in the Pacific, Operation Dominic, and launched Nike-Apache sounding rockets from Johnston Island and Kauai to measure the radiation...
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