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Project Pilot | NOTS 6 launched on Thu, Aug 28, 1958, 12:00 AM UTC — a US Navy mission.
NET Thu, Aug 28, 1958, 12:00 AM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Project Pilot to Low Earth Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Project Pilot ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The 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.
Around this launch
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Good to know
Project Pilot | NOTS 6 is scheduled to lift off Thu, Aug 28, 1958, 12:00 AM UTC.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
Project Pilot | NOTS 6 is an US Navy mission flying on a Project Pilot.
It lifts off from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight.