NASA readies 10-pound nanosatellite for launch

NASA is set to launch what it's calling a nanosatellite -- a spacecraft the size of a loaf of bread -- next week. Weighing only 10 pounds, the tiny satellite called PharmaSat is scheduled to lift off on board a U.S. Air Force four-stage Minotaur 1 rocket late on May 5. Once aloft and free of the rocket, the satellite will circle the Earth at 17,000 mph while carrying a micro-laboratory packed with sensors and optical systems.

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