Editing Nike-Apache (section)

{{Short description|Two-stage sounding rocket used by NASA}}
{{Infobox rocket
|image          = Nike-Apache on USNS Croatan.jpg
|caption        = A Nike-Apache aboard USNS ''Croatan''
|name           = Nike-Apache
|function       = [[Sounding rocket]]
|manufacturer   = Aerolab/Atlantic Research
|country-origin = United States
|cpl            = $6,000 [[USD]]
|height         = {{convert|8.31|m|abbr=on}}
|diameter       = {{convert|0.42|m|abbr=on}}
|mass           = {{convert|760|kg|abbr=on}}
|stages         = Two
  {{Infobox rocket/payload
  |location     = {{convert|160|km|abbr=on}}
  |kilos        = {{convert|45.4|kg|abbr=on}}
  }}
|status         = Retired
|sites          = Multiple
|launches       = 636
|first          = 17 February 1961
|last           = 27 September 1978<!--EA lists three 1980 launches from Andoya, were these actually Nike-Ajax?-->
|stagedata      = <!--insert one of the following templates for each stage:-->
  {{Infobox rocket/stage
  |type         = stage
  |stageno      = First
  |name         = Nike
  |number       = One
  |diameter     = {{convert|0.42|m|abbr=on}}
  |engines      = 1 x ABL M5
  |solid        = yes
  |thrust       = {{convert|217|kN|abbr=on}}
  |burntime     = 3.5 s
  |fuel         = solid
  }}
  {{Infobox rocket/stage
  |type         = stage
  |stageno      = Second
  |name         = Apache
  |number       = One
  |diameter     = {{convert|0.203|m|abbr=on}}
  |engines      = 1 x Thiokol TE-307-2
  |solid        = yes
  |thrust       = {{convert|21.1|kN|abbr=on}}
  |burntime     = 6 s
  |fuel         = solid
  }}
}}
The '''Nike Apache''', also known as '''Argo B-13''', was a two-stage [[sounding rocket]] developed by [[Aerolab]], later [[Atlantic Research]], for use by the [[United States Air Force]] and [[NASA]]. It became the standard NASA sounding rocket and was launched over 600 times between 1961 and 1978.