Japan Just Launched the World's First Wooden Satellite

Why Japan Just Launched Lingosat, the World's First Wooden Satellite
The tiny Japanese CubeSat was launched from Florida with the aim of bringing the space industry into a more sustainable future.
World's First Wooden Satellite Launched Into Space
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.
Japan develops world’s first wooden satellite: Details inside
Japanese researchers built the first-ever wooden satellite in the world and sent it into space for early testing.According to CNN, earlier in November 2024, the Japanese launched a wooden satellite into space to test the use of wood in
Japan just sent the world’s first wooden satellite to space
Japanese researchers just sent the world’s first wooden satellite to space, as reported by CNN. LignoSat, named after the Latin word for wood, was developed by Kyoto University and a company called Sumitomo Forestry.
Japanese Scientists Just Launched the First Wooden Satellite Into Space
The world’s first wooden satellite has just been sent into space, and it could be a game changer.
World's First Wooden Satellite Hitches a Ride to Space
Japan's LignoSat aims to mitigate the growing space junk problem, as well as environmental risks associated with atmospheric re-entry.
World's first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
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.
World’s first experimental wooden satellite set for launch
If we can use materials that humans can make and bring them to outer space, people will be able to create a sustainable society,” said one researcher from Japan.
Japan just launched the world’s first wooden satellite into space
Japan just launched the world's first wooden satellite into orbit, and it could completely change the future of space exploration.
The first satellite made of wood, yes, wood, made it to space
Space has a major sustainability problem. When satellites made mostly of aluminum die fall back down to earth, they combust and create harmful chemicals called aluminum oxides, which can damage the ozone layer.
World's first wooden satellite launched into space on a SpaceX rocket
As part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station, the world's first wooden satellite is expected to burn up when the device re-enters the atmosphere.
World’s first wooden satellite shares material with samurai sword sheaths
On Tuesday, the company’s 31st resupply mission for NASA delivered the world’s first satellite built using wooden parts. More ...
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Japan Launches Wooden Satellite
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The world’s first wooden satellite was launched into space
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World’s first wooden satellite reaches ISS
Made of magnolia wood and developed by Kyoto University in collaboration with Sumitomo Forestry, the satellite aims to ...