Pilot-3, a U.S. Navy NOTS Project Pilot (NOTSNIK) air-launched satellite attempt from an F4D Skyray, lost radio contact during ascent; unconfirmed weak tracking signals fueled orbit rumors, but the flight is scored a failure.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 6 Project Pilot flights
- Date and time
- 22 August 1958, 00:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Project Pilot
- Builder
- USN
- Launch site
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Air launch to Suborbital flight
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- Launches in 1958
- 15th of 28