PHARMASAT
Satellite information PHARMASAT
| Spacetrack Directory Name | PHARMASAT |
| Orbit launches |
2009-05-19 |
| Deorbitation date |
2012-08-14 |
| Days in orbit | 1183 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | WLPIS (Wallops Island) |
Additional information PHARMASAT
Contains a controlled environment micro-laboratory packed with sensors and optical systems that can detect the growth, density and health of yeast cells and transmit that data to scientists for analysis on Earth. Optical sensor system to detect the health and size of the yeast populations; a microfluidics system consisting of an eight-by-four inch plastic card with 48 small holes, or ?fluidics microwells,? which house four separate sample groups of yeast, and a network of small tubes to feed the yeast simple sugars and dose them with an antifungal agent; and a miniature environmental control and power control system.
