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Project Pilot

USN RETIRED

At a glance

Launches

Success rate

0 ok · 6 failed

Payload to LEO

1 kg

Payload to GTO

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Manufacturer

US Navy

Status

Retired

First flight

04 Jul 1958

Reusable

Height

4.4 m

Diameter

0.76 m

Launch mass

0 t

Liftoff thrust

125 kN

Stages

Launch cost

—

Booster landings

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Links

Wikipedia

About

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).

Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2 Last checked 29 Sept 2026

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