Nike Cajun
USA Wikipedia 
Built & Operated By
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Government · founded 1958
Maiden Flight
6 JUL 1956
About
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.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
7.7 m
Diameter
0.42 m
Thrust
246 kN
Stages
2
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
4
Successful
4
Failed
0
Consecutive
4