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World's First Wooden Satellite Is On Board The ISS And Will Soon Be Launched Into Orbit

The world's first wooden satellite has been successfully launched into space and arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Soon, it will be released into an orbit around 400 kilometers (250 miles) above the Earth.

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World's 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital test

The world's first wooden satellite, a tiny Japanese spacecraft called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Nov. 5) aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule. LignoSat measures just 4 inches (10 centimeters) on each side,

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World's first wooden satellite arrives on International Space Station

The first satellite in space made mostly of wood arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday along with other research and supplies.

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UPDATE: SpaceX Ready to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket Thursday Carrying Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, November 6 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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SpaceX targets Starship’s 1st orbital refueling test in March 2025

After its historic booster landing, SpaceX is preparing for another daring test. Elon Musk’s SpaceX may attempt an orbital ...

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What Is Low Earth Orbit? A Basic Explainer

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...

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Falcon 9 launch scheduled from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday night

SpaceX announced a Falcon 9 launch carrying 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base starting at ...

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What's Going On With Rocket Lab Stock Tuesday?

Rocket Lab USA Inc (NASDAQ:RKLB) shares are moving higher. The company on Tuesday announced the successful launch of its 54th ...

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This hardened SSD could one day power space data centers and low-orbit CDNs — Seagate transports 2TB SSD to the ISS with AI workflows on the agenda

The hardened SSD was evaluated aboard the International Space Station as part of a mission aimed at improving data storage for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, addressing challenges such as ...

The uber-optimistic history and prolonged future of space tourism

For the average Earthling, touring space may still be the stuff of science fiction, but in 2000, Popular Science published a ...

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Inside Robinhood Co-Founder Baiju Bhatt’s Vision for Solar Power Distributed From Space

The billionaire co-founder of investing platform Robinhood is staking his name and fortune on a decades old problem to put ...

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SpaceX liftoff is 201st mission to expand its constellation of Earth-orbiting Starlink satellites

SpaceX successfully launched Wednesday a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit to further its mission to expand ...

Brazil eyes cooperation with China in commercial aerospace sector

Brazil and China are collaborating to negotiate a memorandum of understanding aimed at bringing a Chinese satellite company ...

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This Startup Hopes its Air-Breathing Engines Will Keep Satellites in Orbit

Spektor explained that satellite lifespans could be extended up to a decade, and SpaceNews points out that these sorts of “very low earth orbit” satellites are “attracting attention from ...

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Watch The Largest Communications Array Deployed Yet In Low-Earth Orbit

The BlueWalker 3 satellite was fully deployed, making it the "largest-ever commercial communications array in low Earth orbit ...

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