TacSat-3 and Pharmasat Successfully Launched

By Marc Boucher on May 19, 2009 10:38 PM. Comments

TacSat-3 and PharmaSat Nanosatellite Successfully Launched (Watch Launch Video), NASA

"NASA's PharmaSat nanosatellite successfully launched at 4:55 p.m. PDT from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport located at Wallops Island, Va. PharmaSat rode to orbit aboard a four-stage Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket. Also aboard were the Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat-3 satellite and other NASA CubeSat Technology Demonstration experiments, which include three four-inch cubed satellites developed by universities and industry."

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