PRESat
PRESat was a NASA Ames small automated laboratory developed to evaluate biological experiment hardware for the later PharmaSat mission. Its planned experiment would monitor the growth, density, and health of yeast cells in microgravity.
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Identity
- Aliases
- PharmaSat Risk Evaluation SatelliteFalcon 1 Flight 3 NASA payload
- Name
- PRESat
- Slug
- presat
- Status
- failed
Details
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- Description
- PRESat was a NASA Ames small automated laboratory developed to evaluate biological experiment hardware for the later PharmaSat mission. Its planned experiment would monitor the growth, density, and health of yeast cells in microgravity.
- End Date
- 2008-08-03
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- PRESat was lost when Falcon 1 Flight 3 failed to reach orbit, so its biological risk-evaluation experiment could not begin.
- Program
- NASA SmallSat technology demonstration
- Start Date
- 2008-08-03
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/presat
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:05:50 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:05:50 UTC
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