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National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Nike Cajun • Unknown Pad (NA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration • Nike Cajun • Unknown Pad
Test mission. Reached an apogee of 110 km.
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Test mission. Reached an apogee of 110 km.
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.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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