Project Pilot | NOTS 5

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: US Navy (Government)
• Rocket: Project Pilot

Mission

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.

• Type: Government/Top Secret
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
• Location: Air launch to Suborbital flight
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