US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 5

Name: US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 5
Start: 1958-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Project Pilot

Status

Failure

Date

26 AUG 1958

00:00

Launch Provider

US Navy

Launch Pad

Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Project Pilot

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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).

Height

4.4 m

Diameter

0.76 m

Thrust

125 kN