Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
US Navy
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Tue, 26 Aug 1958 00:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#21 ever
Mission
The project pilot payloads were small cylindrical satellites. These missions intended to be the first to launch a satellite from an aircraft. They had only a single instrument, a very primitive infrared line scanning device to make IR images of the ground.