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Nike with upper stage
 Nike Cajun |
 Nike Apache [USAF]
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 Nike Asp [NASA] |
 Nike Iroquois |
 Nike Malemute [NASA] |
 Nike Recruit [NASA]
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 Nike Tomahawk [NASA] |
 Nike Orion [NASA] |
 Astrobee-200 [NASA] |
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 Nike Double-Loki (E15) [NASA] |
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Thousands of surplus Nike motors were remanufactured into soundings rockets with various upper stages after the decommisionig of the Nike Ajax surface air missiles. All are spin stabilized featuring the three original Nike fins or four new ones. Several thousands have been launched so far.
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nike Apache (Argo-B13) | Nike / M5-E1 | Apache / TE-307-2 | - |
| Nike Asp (ASPAN) | Nike / M5-E1 | Asp | - |
| Nike Cajun (CAN) | Nike / M5-E1 | Cajun / TE-82 | - |
| Nike Cajun Little-David | Nike / M5-E1 | Cajun / TE-82 | Little-David |
| Nike Deacon (DAN) | Nike / M5-E1 | Deacon (X-220) | - |
| Nike Double-Loki | Nike / M5-E1 | 2 × Loki | - |
| Nike Genie | Nike / M5-E1 | Genie | - |
| Nike Hawk | Nike / M5-E1 | Hawk | - |
| Nike Hydac | Nike / M5-E1 | Hydac | - |
| Nike Iroquois (NIRO) | Nike / M5-E1 | Iroquois / TE-M-388 | - |
| Nike Javelin | Nike / M5-E1 | Javelin | - |
| Nike Javelin-3 | Nike / M5-E1 | Javelin-3 | - |
| Nike Malemute | Nike / M5-E1 | Malemute / TU-758 | - |
| Nike Orion | Nike / M5-E1 | Orion / M22E8 | - |
| Nike Improved Orion | Nike / M5-E1 | Improved Orion / M112 | - |
| Nike Recruit | Nike / M5-E1 | Recruit (XM-19-E1) | - |
| Nike T-40 T-55 | Nike / M5-E1 | T-40 | T-55 |
| Nike Tomahawk | Nike / M5-E1 | Tomahawk / TE-M-416 | - |
| Nike Viper-1 | Nike / M5-E1 | Viper-1 | - |
| Nike Yardbird | Nike / M5-E1 | Yardbird (TE-289) | - |
| Astrobee-200 | Nike / M5-E1 | Alcor | - |
