Scientists at the University of British Columbia and their partners in Austria and Poland have launched the first two of six tiny nano-satellites designed to observe the brightest stars in the sky at a bargain-basement price. The Brite Constellation satellites — each no bigger than a car battery — cost only $1 million money each to design, build and launch into space. UBC astronomer Jaymie Matthews even paid $50,000 for anti-reflective coating on the satellites out of his own pocket.