Nike T40 T55
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Nike T40 T55 is the designation of an Japanese three-stage sounding rocket
consisting of a Nike, a T40 and a T55 stage. It has a liftoff thrust of 217 kN and a length of 9 metres.
Sounding rocket
A sounding rocket, sometimes called a research rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The origin of the term comes from nautical vocabulary, where to sound is to throw a weighted line from a ship into...
consisting of a Nike, a T40 and a T55 stage. It has a liftoff thrust of 217 kN and a length of 9 metres.