Project Pilot | NOTS 5
US Navy · Project Pilot · Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight
US Navy's 11th launch · 10th this year · humanity's 21st orbital launch attempt
August 26, 1958Add to calendar
Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Aug 26, 00:00 – Aug 26, 00:00 UTC
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NOTS 5
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.
Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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