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World’s first wooden satellite launched by Japan on a six-month mission

A historic moment unfolded as the world’s first wooden satellite, the brainchild of Japanese researchers, soared into space, ushering in a new era of sustainable space exploration. The ambitious ...
Futurism

Japanese Scientists Show Off World’s First Wooden Satellite

A team of Japanese scientists has finished constructing the world’s first wooden satellite, Agence France-Presse reports. The satellite dubbed LignoSat, a collaboration between Kyoto University and ...
Yahoo

NASA and Japan launch world's 1st wooden satellite into orbit. Here's why it could help solve a huge problem for our planet.

The world's first wooden satellite is officially in Earth orbit. LignoSat, a coffee mug-size satellite made from magnolia wood, was successfully deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) in ...
CBS News

World's first wooden satellite built by Japanese researchers

Tokyo — The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft is scheduled to be carried into space off on a SpaceX rocket in September. Each side ...
Inverse

The World’s First Wooden Satellite Could Be the Key To Solving the Space Debris Problem

A satellite made almost entirely out of wood, a first, reached space this week. Researchers hope LignoSat will pave the way for more uses of wood in space. Artwork for the LignoSat mission. One major ...
Gizmodo

What to Know About World’s First Wooden Satellite, Set to Launch This Year

Japan's wooden satellite could solve the space trash problem by burning up completely on re-entry, leaving no debris and reducing environmental impacts. Reading time 2 minutes A group of researchers ...
AOL

The World's First Wooden Satellite Is Tiny, Ingenious, and About to Head to Space

All the nearly 10,000 satellites in Earth’s orbit will one day crash through the atmosphere, ending its life in an explosive fireball. Unfortunately, that fireball can leave behind metal particles and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Could Wooden Satellites Reduce Space Junk? The First Is Set to Launch Next Year

Researchers plan to launch the wooden artifical satellite in summer 2024. JAXA American and Japanese scientists are preparing to launch the world’s first wooden artificial satellite next summer as an ...
techtimes

World's First Space Satellite Made of Wood Set to Launch This Summer From Japan

Japanese scientists revealed plans to launch the world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, this summer. Crafted from magnolia wood, known for its stability and resistance to cracking, this innovative ...
Houston Chronicle

NASA is launching the world's first wooden spacecraft next year

"At the end of their life, satellites re-enter the atmosphere," Koji Murata, a researchers at Kyoto University, told CNN about LignoSat. "The difference is, the wood in the LignoSat will burn up and ...
Digital Trends

Watch the space station send the first wooden satellite into orbit

The world’s first wooden satellite has been deployed to Earth orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS Research X account posted footage of a trio of CubeSats, including Japan’s ...