Project Pilot

In-active

US Navy (USN)

July 4, 1958

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).

Specifications

Stages
5
Length
4.4 m
Diameter
0.76 m
Fairing Diameter
0.76 m
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
125.0 kN

Family

Name
Project Pilot
Family
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Variant
―
Alias
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Full Name
Project Pilot

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
1.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

US Navy

Government

None

USN 1963

The Navy was competed with the Army to put the first American satellite into orbit. Their first two Vanguard missions failed, with the second being a highly publicized failure, as it exploded on the launchpad. They went on to put 3 satellites into orbit but did not beat the Army to be the first. Their work in space continues today largely on military satellites.

Flight Record

No spaceflights found for .

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Soyuz-5

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2 days, 2 hours ago

Demo Flight

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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M

3 days, 11 hours ago

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