NOTS 4 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
25 Aug 1958, 12:00am
UTC
Pad
Air Launch
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
NOTS 4
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 19, 1:25pm UTC
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