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... . Nike-Apache launched at dusk was unsuccessful because 2nd stage failed to ignite. Nike-Apache launched at dawn carried sodium experiment that created reddish-orange cloud visible for hundreds of miles along East Coast. Nike-Cajun and four Nike-Apache s carried trimethylaluminum (TMA ...

... a.m. Five Nike-Apache s ejected vapor trails between 50-and 125-mi altitudes to measure wind velocities and directions at various altitudes in the upper atmosphere. Nike-Apache launched at dawn was ... the Atlantic by helicopter. Subsequent examination by Wallops scientists indicated rat was in excellent condition. Nike-Apache launches were conducted for GCA Corp., under contract to Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC . Arcas ...

... early as May 17 on lunar landing mission. ''(Transcript)'' NASA successfully launched two Nike-Cajun , one Arcas , and three Nike-Apache sounding rockets from Wallops Station , carrying experiments to measure meteorological, ionospheric, and ... , and temperature. Second Nike-Apache carried Univ. of Colorado payload to 71.5-mi (115-km) altitude to obtain vertical profile of nitric oxide density, using scanning monochromoter. Third Nike-Apache carried Goddard Space ...

... apogee. Good data were received throughout the flight, but experiment was only partially successful because Nike-Apache reached only 56.1-mi. altitude. ''(NASA Rpt. SRL)'' USAF launched Titan II rocket from ... /16/64, 4)'' January 15-16: Series of four sodium-vapor experiments was launched on Nike-Apache sounding rockets from NASA Wallops Station in sunset-to­-sunrise comparative measurements of winds and ...

... of South America. A total of 77 sounding rockets were fired, 45 of them Nike-Cajun and Nike-Apache s, and 32 of them single-stage meteorological rockets, Firings occurred at various position ... Quiet Sun IQSY phenomena. ''(Wallops Release 65-22)'' Two NASA sounding rockets, a Nike-Cajun and a Nike-Apache , were launched at Wallops Station after dark and about one hour apart, Both rockets ...

... would experience penetration by a meteoroid about once a week. ''(NASA Release 65-351)'' NASA Nike-Apache sounding rocket launched from Ft. Churchill, Canada, with Univ. of Michigan pitot-static probe to ... support of each other, one with a Nike-Cajun rocket and the other with a Sparrow-Areas. ''(Eglin AFB Release 65-449)'' Four Nike-Apache sounding rockets would be launched from Chamical, Argentina ...

... experiments, Nike-Apache sounding rocket was launched from Ft. Churchill, Canada, to obtain wind profiles by release of chemical and photograph of chemical cloud at 96-mi (154 km) altitude; another Nike-Apache sounding rocket was launched from Ft. Churchill to study short term variation of density, pressure, and temperature during 12-hr period to 80-mi (127-km) altitude; Nike-Cajun sounding ...

NASA Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket was launched from Churchill Research Range carrying GSFC experiment to study auroral activity as it developed and dissipated for comparison with data from similar Nike-Apache launch. Flight ... Kennedy Space Center KSC . ''(DOD Release 183-68)'' February 21-22: NASA successfully launched six Nike-Apache sounding rockets carrying chemical cloud experiments from NASA Wallops Station between 6:17 pm and ...

... Point Barrow, Alaska. Nike-Apache carried GSFC payload to 124.3-mi ''(200-km)'' altitude to define D-region electron-density profile in conjunction with measure­ments by Nike-Apache launched later. Good data were obtained, but radar failed to track vehicle. Second Nike-Apache, carrying Univ. of Michigan experiment, reached 80-mi ...

... atmosphere and ionosphere: Nike-Apache carried 65-lb. payload to 105-mi. altitude, payload designed to measure electron density and temperature and ion density and conductivity of the ionosphere. Nike-Apache with 70-lb. payload containing pitot-static probe reached 82-mi. altitude, instrumentation designed to measure pressure, temperature, density, and winds in upper atmosphere. Nike-Cajun with payload ...

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