Nike-Orion

A Nike Orion rocket in flight

Nike Orion is the designation of a two-stage American sounding rocket, with a Nike base stage and an Orion upper stage. The Nike Orion is 9 m long, has a diameter of 0.42 m, a launch weight of 1100 kilograms (2420 lb), a launch thrust of 217 kN (48,800 lbf) and a ceiling of 140 km (460,000 ft).

References

http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/nikorion.htm

The Nike family of rockets

Project Nike	Nike Ajax Nike Hercules Nike J Nike Zeus Nike-X LIM-49 Spartan

Sounding rockets	Nike-Apache Nike-Asp Nike-Black Brant Nike-Cajun Nike-Deacon Nike-Hawk Nike-Hydac Nike-Iroquois Nike-Javelin Nike-Malemute Nike-Nike Nike-Orion Nike-Recruit Nike Smoke Nike T40 T55 Nike-Tomahawk Nike-Viper Nike-Yardbird

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