Nike Apache

Also known as Argo B-13, Argo-B13

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

Subclass of: sounding rocket
Country of origin: United States
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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Die Nike Apache war eine Höhenforschungsrakete aus einer Startstufe vom Typ Nike und einer Oberstufe vom Typ Apache. Die Nike Apache wurde zwischen 1958 und 1990 697 mal gestartet. * Nutzlast: 36 kg * Gipfelhöhe: 200 km * Startschub: 217,00 kN * Startmasse: 728 kg * Durchmesser: 0,42 m * Länge: 8,31 m * Spannweite: 1,52 m * Treibstoff: Aluminisierter Polyurethan-Feststofftreibstoff

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