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Naval Ordnance Test Station

Naval Ordnance Test Station conducted 6 orbital launches and owned 6 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

United StatesChina Lake, CaliforniaGCAT code NOTS

Payloads owned, by decade

6
1950s

Launches conducted

6 launches
DateMissionRocketSpaceportPayloadsOutcome
Aug 28, 1958Radiation Payload 31958-F14NOTS EV1China Lake1Failure
Aug 26, 1958Radiation Payload 21958-F13NOTS EV1China Lake1Failure
Aug 25, 1958Radiation Payload 11958-F12NOTS EV1China Lake1Failure
Aug 22, 1958Diagnostic Payload 31958-F10NOTS EV1China Lake1Failure
Aug 12, 1958Diagnostic Payload 21958-F08NOTS EV1China Lake1Failure
Jul 25, 1958Diagnostic Payload 11958-F07NOTS EV1China Lake1Failure

Source: GCAT organizations database, launch list and payload catalog, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).