We would like to thank our loyal fellow members of the Nike Historical Society for your continued support over the years.
We will be closing the Society, including the store, as of March 31, 2024.
We have acquired a large repository of Nike technical information.
The web site will continue to be available.
It has been our pleasure to keep the legacy of the Nike missile's contribution of the successful conclusion to the Cold War.
the Board of Directors
Nike Historical Society
MULTI-FUNCTION ARRAY RADAR
MAR
1962 - Development authorized on phased array radar.
MAR 1963 - Start of site preparation at White Sands Missile Range.
JUN 1964 - First "power on" and start of test program.
SEP 1964 - First automatic track of missile target.
MAR 1965 - Shutdown of transmitter for design changes. Receiver tests
continue.
OCT 1965 - First full power radiation from full array with rebuilt
transmitter.
DEC 1965 - Completed beam width measurements, radar range capability,
and absolute track accuracy evaluation.
OCT 1966 - First demonstration of autonomous multi-function
operation tracking a satellite target.
JUN 1967 - First demonstration of multiplex-frequency tracking of
multiple targets (PERSHING).
SEP 1967 - Completed demonstrations of continuous operation, CHAFF
cloud survey, and fine frequency techniques. Terminated test
program 9/30/67.
(SENTINEL Evaluation Agency continued operations at reduced
level as a training facility through May 1969.)