Nike Apache

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Nike Apache

The Nike Apache was a sounding rocket consisting of a starting stage of the Nike type and an upper stage of the Apache type. The Nike Apache was launched 697 times between 1958 and 1990.

  • Payload: 36 kg
  • Summit height: 200 km
  • Starting thrust: 217.00 kN
  • Takeoff weight: 728 kg
  • Diameter: 0.42 m
  • Length: 8.31 m
  • Span: 1.52 m
  • Fuel: aluminized polyurethane solid fuel

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