Editing Nike-Apache (section)

==Development==
The TE-307-2 Apache rocket motor was developed by [[Thiokol]] as an improvement of its [[Cajun (rocket)|Cajun]] series of rockets; the Apache was similar in appearance to Cajun, but had an improved propellant that allowed for better performance.<ref name="DS1"/> Combined with a M5 [[Project Nike|Nike]] rocket booster for its first stage by Aerolab,<ref name="DS1">{{cite web|url=http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/nike-apache.html|title=Atlantic Research (Aerolab) Nike-Apache|last=Parsch|first=Andreas|date=12 July 2004|website=Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4: Undesignated Vehicles|publisher=Designation-Systems|accessdate=2017-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nike Apache |url=http://www.astronautix.com/n/nikeapache.html |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> the Nike-Apache sounding rocket was capable of lifting {{convert|100|lb}} of instruments to an [[apogee]] of {{convert|100|mi}}.<ref name="Cor">{{cite book|last=Corliss|first=William R.|authorlink=William R. Corliss|title=NASA Sounding Rockets, 1958-1968: A Historical Summary|series=NASA Historical Report Series|volume=SP-4401|year=1971|publisher=NASA Scientific and Technical Information Office|location=Washington, D.C.|page=82|asin=B0006C0SRW}}</ref>