Nike-Apache
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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 Air Force and NASA. It became the standard NASA sounding rocket and was launched over 600 times between 1961 and 1978.
Key facts
- Rocket.image
- Nike-Apache on USNS Croatan.jpg
- Rocket.caption
- A Nike-Apache aboard USNS Croatan
- Rocket.name
- Nike-Apache
- Rocket.function
- Sounding rocket
- Rocket.manufacturer
- Aerolab/Atlantic Research
- Rocket.country origin
- United States
- Rocket.cpl
- $6,000 USD
- Rocket.stages
- Two
- Rocket.status
- Retired
- Rocket.sites
- Multiple
- Rocket.launches
- 636
- Rocket.first
- 17 February 1961
- Rocket.last
- 27 September 1978
- Rocket/stage.type
- stage
- Rocket/stage.stageno
- Second
- Rocket/stage.name
- Apache
- Rocket/stage.number
- One
- Rocket/stage.engines
- 1 x Thiokol TE-307-2
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Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 0.42
- Mass
- 728
- Image
- Nike-Apache on USNS Croatan.jpg
- Length
- 8.31
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- service entry
- 1958-03-18
- service retirement
- 1980-11-28
- Commons category
- Nike Apache
- payload mass
- 36
- maximum thrust
- 217
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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 Air Force and NASA. It became the standard NASA sounding rocket and was launched over 600 times between 1961 and 1978.
==Development== The TE-307-2 Apache rocket motor was developed by Thiokol as an improvement of its Cajun series of rockets; the Apache was similar in appearance to Cajun, but had an improved propellant that allowed for better performance. Combined with a M5 Nike rocket booster for its first stage by Aerolab, the Nike-Apache sounding rocket was capable of lifting of instruments to an apogee of .
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