Nike Apache

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Nike Apache was a sounding rocket with a Nike rocket as first and an Apache rocket as upper stage. The Nike Apache was launched 697 times between 1958 and 1990.

  • payload: 36 kg
  • maximum altitude: 200 km
  • takeoff thrust: 217 kN
  • takeoff weight: 728 kg
  • diameter: 0.42 m
  • length: 8.31 m
  • span: 1.52 m
  • fuel: PU solid fuel
In other languages