Nike-Orion
Nike Orion is the designation of a two-stage American sounding rocket, with a Nike base stage, taken from U.S. Army surplus stocks, and an Orion upper stage. The Nike Orion is 9.01 m long (29 ft 6.5 in); there are two stages of boosters, the 1st is 41.9 cm (16.5 in) and the 2nd is 35.6 cm (14 in), 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). [1]
The first "Nike-Orion" rocket was launched on February 26, 1977 and has had more than 175 launches through the 2000s.
References
- ↑ "Nike Orion". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
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