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The Nike stage or Nike booster, a solid fuel rocket motor, was created by Hercules Aerospace for the Nike Ajax (M5) Nike Hercules (M5E1) (and M88 late in Hercules career).[1][2] It was developed for use as the first stage of the Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles as part of Project Nike.[3]
It was subsequently employed in a variety of missiles and multi-stage sounding rockets, becoming one of the most popular and reliable rocket stages, not only in the United States, but also in several other countries around the world.[4]
- ^ "Nike M5 (and M5E1, M88) Scale Data". 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ^ Parsch, Andreas. "Miscellaneous Nike-Boosted Rockets". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. pp. Appendix 4. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Ed Thelen's Nike Missile Web Site". Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
- ^ Corliss 1972 p. 24