LAUNCH MISSION
US Navy Project Pilot NOTS 3
Launch Pad
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
Description
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.
Project Pilot
Rocket Description
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).