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NOTS-EV-1

The NOTS-EV-1 Pilot, better known as NOTSNIK (pronounced notsnik a play on "sputnik") was an expendable launch system and anti-satellite weapon developed by the United States Navy's United States Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS). NOTSNIK began as an in-house project using available NOTS funds. The Advanced Research Projects Agency later supplied some funds for the program.

It was the first air-launched rocket to be used for an orbital launch attempt; however, none was recorded as having reached orbit. Following the third orbital launch attempt a NOTS engineer at the tracking station in Christchurch, New Zealand reported receiving a weak signal from the spacecraft. This was never confirmed, and the launches were not cataloged as having reached orbit.

Missions: 6
Successes: 0
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 6
Success Streak: 0
Success Rate: 0%
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Configurations

NOTS-EV-1
US Navy
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 1 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 5
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 4.0 m

Launch Sites

Inyokern, China Lake, California, USA

Launches

US Navy
NOTS-EV-1 | Pilot 6
Thu Aug 28, 1958
Inyokern, China Lake, California, USA
US Navy
NOTS-EV-1 | Pilot 5
Tue Aug 26, 1958
Inyokern, China Lake, California, USA
US Navy
NOTS-EV-1 | Pilot 4
Mon Aug 25, 1958
Inyokern, China Lake, California, USA
US Navy
NOTS-EV-1 | Pilot 3
Fri Aug 22, 1958
Inyokern, China Lake, California, USA
US Navy
NOTS-EV-1 | Pilot 2
Tue Aug 12, 1958
Inyokern, China Lake, California, USA
US Navy
NOTS-EV-1 | Pilot 1
Fri Jul 25, 1958
Inyokern, China Lake, California, USA