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Project Pilot

6FLIGHTS
6FAILURES
Jul 1958FIRST FLIGHT
NOREUSABLE
HEIGHT4.4 m
DIAMETER0.76 m
LIFTOFF THRUST125 kN
STAGES5

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).

1 kg
TO LEO
2 lbs
125
KILONEWTONS
28,101
POUNDS-FORCE
~168
HORSEPOWER
Height4.4 m (14 ft)
Diameter0.76 m (2.5 ft)
Stages5