Project Pilot
FailureNOTS 3 · US Navy
Launch time (NET)
Friday, Aug 22, 1958, 00:00 UTC
Launch window
Friday, Aug 22, 1958, 00:00 UTC – Friday, Aug 22, 1958, 00:00 UTC
Provider
US Navy
Rocket
Launch pad
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight · Open map
Status
Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Mission
NOTS 3
Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The project pilot payloads were small cylindrical satellites. These missions intended to be the first to launch a satellite from an aircraft. They had only a single instrument, a very primitive infrared line scanning device to make IR images of the ground.
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