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Nike-Hawk
Nike
Hawk
is the
designation
of an
American
sounding rocket
. It has an
apogee
of
160
km
, a
liftoff
thrust
of
217
kN
, a total
mass
of
1100
kg
and a
total length
of 9.
00
m.
It is a
two-stage rocket
made from a Nike and a Hawk
anti-aircraft missile
, and was
designed
to
launch
a 90-kg
research
payload
to an
altitude
of 160 km.