The developers plan to hand the satellite, made from magnolia wood and named LignoSat, to space agency JAXA next week. It will be sent into space on a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Center ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan's space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024.

The wooden satellite is a joint effort between Nasa, Japan’s space agency (JAXA), and Kyoto University.The project is led by Koji Murata, a researcher at Kyoto University who has been studying ...

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 ...

NASA and JAXA plan to launch the world's first wooden satellite next year, which they hope will present a solution to space debris. ... Murata told CNN that after LignoSat launches, ...

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 ...

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.