Payload / 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.
Associated launch
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Project PilotFailure
NOTS 3 · US Navy
Friday, Aug 22, 1958, 00:00 UTC
