Wooden Satellite Takes Flight, Offers Potential for Satellite Return Solutions
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wooden Satellite Takes Flight, Offers Potential for Satellite Return Solutions

India Today  

The world's first wooden satellite has successfully launched into space on a SpaceX rocket. The satellite, named LignoSat, is a box-like experiment designed to burn up upon re-entry into the atmosphere, potentially providing a method to avoid generating metal particles. The satellite was launched from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will arrive at the International Space Station soon for testing.

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World’s first wooden satellite built in Japan launched to space
4 months, 3 weeks ago

World’s first wooden satellite built in Japan launched to space

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A first-of-its-kind wooden satellite built by Japanese scientists was launched into space on …

World's first wooden satellite launched into space
4 months, 3 weeks ago

World's first wooden satellite launched into space

Raw Story  

The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Scientists at Kyoto University expect the wooden material to burn up when the device re-enters the atmosphere -- potentially providing a way to avoid generating metal particles when a retired satellite returns to …

Wooden Satellite Takes Flight, Marking a Historic Milestone in Space Exploration
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wooden Satellite Takes Flight, Marking a Historic Milestone in Space Exploration

CNN  

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday. The satellite, named LignoSat, is designed to demonstrate the cosmic potential of the renewable material as humans explore living in space. It will stay in orbit for six months, measuring how wood endures the extreme environment of space, where temperatures fluctuate from -100 to 100 …

World's first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers
10 months ago

World's first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers

The Hindu  

The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September. The creators expect the wooden material will burn up completely when the device re-enters the atmosphere -- potentially providing a way to avoid the generation of metal particles when a retired satellite returns …

All-wood satellite to send strange ‘experimental’ projects into space - if ‘atomic oxygen’ doesn’t burn it up
3 years, 9 months ago

All-wood satellite to send strange ‘experimental’ projects into space - if ‘atomic oxygen’ doesn’t burn it up

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world’s first wooden satellite, shaped like a box, is being sent to …

World's First Wooden Satellite Aims to Reach Space by End of 2021
3 years, 9 months ago

World's First Wooden Satellite Aims to Reach Space by End of 2021

News 18  

Finnish company Arctic Astronautics is sending the world’s first wooden satellite into space by the end of this year. The satellite, WISA Woodsat, is a cube-shaped nanosatellite made up of birch plywood and has sensors developed by the European Space Agency. The non-wood parts outside the wooden satellite are a metal selfie stick and corner aluminium rails for the purpose …

Japan plans to create wooden satellites which they hope will cut down on space junk
4 years, 3 months ago

Japan plans to create wooden satellites which they hope will cut down on space junk

Firstpost  

A Japanese startup called Sumitomo Forestry has teamed up with researchers from the Kyoto University, to work on a wooden satellite, reported BBC. Sumitomo Forestry is currently working on testing the use of wood materials in space and soon they will be experimenting with wood in extreme locations on Earth. The report says that wooden satellites were a better alternative …

Space: Japan to launch first WOODEN satellite by 2023
4 years, 3 months ago

Space: Japan to launch first WOODEN satellite by 2023

Daily Mail  

Wooden satellites that burn up completely on atmospheric re-entry — without releasing harmful aluminium-rich particles — are being developed in Japan. Wooden satellites that burn up completely on atmospheric re-entry — without releasing harmful aluminium-rich particles — are being developed in Japan At present, space satellites are typically made up of aluminium and its alloys — as the metal is …

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