flown missionFailure
Project Pilot | NOTS 4
US NavyNaval Air Weapons Station China Lake — Air launch to Suborbital flight
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- NOTS 4
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Project Pilot
- Provider
- US Navy
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
- Location
- Air launch to Suborbital flight
- Country
- ???
- Coordinates
- 35.6856, -117.6941