An Air Force Minotaur I rocket launches into orbirt carrying the Air Force Research Laboratory's TacSat-3 satellite, NASA's PharmaSat microsatellite and NASA's CubeSat Technology Demonstration May 19, 2009, from Wallops Flight Facility, Va. The TacSat-3 transfers from AFRL as an experimental satellite to the operational control of Air Force Space Command on June 12, 2010. (Courtesy photo)