MISSION NAME
NOTS 4 4
Status
Failure
DATE
25 AUG 1958
LAUNCH PROVIDER
US Navy
Launch Pad
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
Description
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.
Project Pilot
Rocket Description
The NOTS-EV-1 Pilot, also known as NOTSNIK was an expendable launch system and anti-satellite weapon developed by the United States Navy's United States Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS).