Launch Alert | Flight 7
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Success
Sat Sep 17 1966
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Trailblazer Pellet

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

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Rocket Details

Name:

Nike Cajun

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.

Nike Cajun rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Materials Science
  • Suborbital launch to test re-entry systems. Reached an apogee of 280 km.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Pad

Unknown Pad