In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that ...

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

That's the name chosen by the satellite's maker, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for a small CubeSat that was deployed together with four others, made of conventional materials ...

The mission was carried out by Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). LignoSat was deployed around 400 km above the earth's surface. The satellite will investigate the use of wood in space.

Built by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the timber-clad device was sent to International Space Station last November.. Now, NASA says that the tiny satellite, dubbed LignoSat ...

@JAXA_en' s wooden satellite ... “Early 1900s airplanes were made of wood,” Kyoto University forest science professor and LignoSat team member Koji Murata told Reuters last month.

NASA and JAXA tested magnolia, cherry, and birch wood samples ahead of building LignoSat. Credit: NASA / JSC With the exact wood selected, engineers asked a team of artisans trained in ...

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Kyoto University and JAXA launched LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, on November 5, 2024. The satellite, made from magnolia wood, aims to test the viability of using wood as a ...

The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat, developed by ...

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 ...