Failure
Project Pilot | NOTS 4
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.
Mission type: Government/Top Secret · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Rocket: Project Pilot · Provider: US Navy
Launch pad
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight · View on map (opens in new tab)