US NavyProject PilotNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight
NOTS 1
Launched
July 25, 1958
Image: U.S. Government
Summary
NOTS 1 launched on an US Navy Project Pilot from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight on July 25, 1958. The mission failed. It was US Navy's 7th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 14th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Project Pilot flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO).
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Project Pilot · US Navy
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Project Pilot flightUS Navy's 7th launch6th this yearhumanity's 14th orbital launch attempt11th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
About this launch
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.
Pad
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight
1st launch from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, 1st this year · 1st from Air launch to Suborbital flight
6 launches from this pad · 86 from Air launch to Suborbital flight
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Air launch to Suborbital flightOpen in maps
Questions
When did NOTS 1 launch?
NOTS 1 launched on July 25, 1958. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch NOTS 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched NOTS 1?
Project Pilot, flown by US Navy. Project Pilot spec sheet
Where did NOTS 1 launch from?
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight.
What orbit was NOTS 1 going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a government/top secret mission.