Nike-Cajun

The Nike-Cajun was a two-stage sounding rocket built by combining a Nike base stage with a Cajun upper stage. It was launched 714 times between 1956 and 1976 and was the most frequently used sounding rocket of the western world. The Nike Cajun had a launch weight of 698 kg (1538 lb), a payload of 23 kg (51 lb), a launch thrust of 246 kN (55,300 lbf) and a maximum altitude of 120 km (394,000 ft). It had a diameter of 42 cm (1 ft 4½ in) and a length of 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in). The maximum speed of the Nike-Cajun was 6,760 km/h (4,200 mph).

The Cajun stage of this rocket was named for the Cajun people of south Louisiana because one of the rocket's designers, J. G. Thibodaux, was a Cajun.

The Nike-Cajun configuration was also used by one variation of the MQR-13 BMTS target rocket.^[1]

Engine:

1st stage: Allegheny Ballistics Lab. X216A2 solid-fueled rocket; 246 kN (55,000 lb) for 3 s
2nd stage: Thiokol TE-82-1 Cajun solid-fueled rocket; 37 kN (8,300 lb) for 2.8 s

References

↑ Parsch 2002

http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/nikcajun.htm
Parsch, Andreas (2002). "USAMICOM MQR-13 BMTS". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. designation-systems.net. Retrieved 2011-01-06.

External links

University of Michigan/NACA RM-85/PWN-3 Nike-Cajun

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

Deacon and Cajun sounding rockets

Deacon Deacon-Dart Cajun Cajun-Dart Nike-Deacon Nike-Cajun Bullpup-Cajun Terrapin Terrier-ASROC-Cajun Rockoon

1955–1962 United States Air Force rocket and missile designations

Air-to-air missiles

1955–1961 sequence	MB-1 GAR-1 GAR-2 GAR-3 GAR-4 GAR-5 GAR-6 GAR-8 GAR-9 GAR-11

1961–1962 sequence	AIM-101

Other types

Undesignated types

See also: USAF missile designations 1947–51
United States tri-service missile and drone designations post-1962

United States tri-service research rocket designations post-1962

PWN-1 PWN-2 PWN-3 PWN-4 PWN-5 PWN-6 PWN-7 PWN-8 PWN-9 PWN-10 PWN-11 PWN-12

See also: United States tri-service missile and drone designations post-1962 United States tri-service rocket weapon designations post-1962

Types of missile

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By target type	Anti-ballistic missile (ABM) Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) Anti-ship missile (AShM) Anti-submarine missile Anti-tank missile (ATGM) Land-attack missile (LACM)

By guidance	Active radar guidance Semi-active radar guidance Passive homing Track-via-missile Anti-radiation Command to line-of-sight guidance Command off line-of-sight guidance Pursuit guidance Beam riding Infrared guidance Laser guidance Unguided rockets Wire guidance TERCOM DSMAC Inertial guidance Astro-inertial guidance Satellite guidance Compass

Lists	List of military rockets List of missiles List of missiles by country List of anti-ship missiles List of anti-tank missiles List of ICBMs List of surface-to-air missiles

See also: Sounding rocket

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