LignoSat recently deployed from @Space_Station. @JAXA_en 's wooden satellite investigates how wood survives in the space environment and transmits data. Findings could offer a more sustainable ...

With lessons learned from their first attempt, Kyoto University scientists hope a second CubeSat made of magnolia will spark an age of wooden spacecraft.

A wooden satellite defied the odds in orbit, proving nature’s strength and sparking a new wave of space innovation. (Kyoto University) Last year, the world saw something unusual orbiting above - it ...

Once deployed, LignoSat will stay in Earth's orbit for six months, with the electronic components onboard measuring how wood endures the extreme environment of space. More for You.

LignoSat is by all intents and purposes the world's first wooden satellite to be deployed beyond the borders of our world. It doesn't pack any internal gear that will help it monitor stuff ...

The LignoSat Space Wood Project began in April 2020, as a collaboration between Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry. "Wood's ability to withstand simulated low earth orbit - or LEO - conditions ...

LignoSat made it to space Tuesday on a SpaceX mission to the ISS. Later, the experimental satellite will be released into orbit at 400 kilometers (249 miles) above Earth, where it will orbit for ...

Kyoto University / Sumitomo University Japan has just launched the first-ever wooden satellite to space. The LignoSat cubesat was sent skyward by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy ...

The world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, launched to space for testing on Tuesday. LignoSat aims to prove wood's viability in space, reducing environmental impact compared to metal satellites.