PharmaSat

PharmaSat -1 is a developed by Ames Research Center of NASA nanosatellite and a successor to the GeneSat - 1 mission.

He was put into space on 19 May 2009 with a Minotaur 1 rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, together with the satellite TacSat -3, AeroCube -3, HawkSat -I and CP6. About 90 minutes after the start of the first radio contact could be recorded via the S-band communication system. The satellite is to study the behavior of antifungal agents in zero gravity, for which a miniaturized lab on board, which will explore with the aid of optical sensors, the growth of yeast. In addition, the satellite carries an amateur radio transmitter 437.465 MHz some status parameters of the satellites transmits on the frequency of live.