Rocket file · LV-342
Nike Cajun
Nike Cajun is an expendable launch vehicle built by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It stands 7.7 m tall, first flew on 6 July 1956. It has flown 4 times with 4 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About 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.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Nike Cajun is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesNike Cajun in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Nike Cajun flown?
- 4 times, with 4 successes and 0 failures.
- What is Nike Cajun's success rate?
- 100.0%. That's 4 successful flights out of 4 attempts.
- How much can Nike Cajun lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Nike Cajun.
- Is Nike Cajun reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Nike Cajun as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.