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... altitudes ranged from 94 mi (152 km) to 102 mi (164 km) . In first launch, Nike booster malfunction resulted in payload malfunction; for other four launches, rocket and payload performance were satisfactory. Last five of a series of six Nike-Cajun sounding rockets were successfully launched from Point Barrow at two-hour' intervals to determine ...

... provide rocket payloads, supplementary cameras, and photometric equipment. NASA would furnish one Javelin and one Nike-Tomahawk rocket, launching range, support facilities, and equipment for optical observations. ''(NASA Release 66-121 ... required “to prevent the Soviets from forging ahead as the unchallenged leader in space.” ''(Text)'' Nike X system had been improved so that it could not only destroy hostile satellites but ...

... - to 65.3-mi (25- to 105-km) region. Rocket and instruments functioned satisfactorily. Second Nike-Apache carried Univ. of Illinois payload to collect data on ionosphere. Rocket and instruments functioned satisfactorily. ''(NASA Rpts SRI.; NASA Proj Off)'' Nike-Cajun sounding rocket launched by NASA from Churchill Research Range carried Goddard Space Flight Center ...

February 13-14: NASA successfully launched one Nike-Tomahawk and six Nike-Apache sounding rockets carrying chemical cloud experiments from NASA Wallops Station between 6:11 pm ... .5- and 299.3-km) altitudes to measure wind velocities and directions. Nike-Tomahawk launched at dusk and Nike-Apache launched at dawn carried sodium experiments which created reddish-orange trails. Other ...

... per hour over White Sands Missile Range , while another Nike-Zeus made highest flight to date from Point Mugu and another Nike-Zeus was launched from Kwajalein Island in the South Pacific ...

... 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 to measure, winds and temperatures in upper atmosphere, payload consisting of 12 ...

... schedule.; ground instrumentation measured sound energy from exploding grenades and recorded rocket position during flight. Nike-Cajun from Wallops Island performed unsatisfactorily, reaching altitude of only 31.8 mi. instead of ... , to handle information on flight status, command control, navigation, and program sequences. . . . " U.S. Army Nike-Hercules missile exploded over McGregor Missile Range, Tex., killing French officer and injuring four other ...

... Princeton University, Univ. of California, Vitro Corp., and Schjeldahl Corp. conducted test flight. DOD announced Nike-Zeus antimissile missile successfully intercepted Atlas ICBM over the Pacific Ocean. Target Atlas was launched from Vandenberg AFB , Calif., and two Nike-Zeus missiles were fired from Kwajalein Island, the first Nike-Zeus making the successful intercept. This was second successful intercept-test ...

... region with two or three days of major magnetic disturbance and magnetic storm aftereffects. The Nike-Apache was launched on an Hl day and measured electron densities, temperatures, and collision frequencies ... collect data on positive and negative ion conductivities. The rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. A Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket was launched from Andoeya, Norway, carrying a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

... with nuclear reactors and nuclear breeders." ''(W Post, 8/6/73, A23)'' NASA launched two Nike-Apache sounding rockets from Kiruna, Sweden. The first carried a Goddard Space Flight Center payload ... composition and density in the ionospheric D- and E-regions at polar latitudes. A second Nike-Apache car-ried a Dudley Observatory and Univ. of Stockholm payload to a 103-km ... absence of noctilucent clouds for comparison with data obtained by two Nike-Apache s launched from Kiruna Aug. 1 and a Nike-Cajun launched from Kiruna Aug. 2. Both rockets and instrumentation ...

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