The Nike Apache was used to carry a variety of payloads to study a wide range of topics including radio astronomy, meteorology, aeronomy, atmospheric conditions, plasma physics, and solar physics. NASA flew them from Brazil, Canada, India, Norway, Pakistan, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, all across the US, and off the USS Croatan (CVE-25). The maximum payload weight was lb (kg) and the maximum altitude about 125 miles (200 km). Nike Apache was the first rocket launched by the India from TERLS (Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station) of Kerala in 1963.