Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to ...

Only one of them is, at least so far, made of wood: the LignoSat. That's the name chosen by the satellite's maker, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for a small CubeSat that was ...

LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, launched to the ISS on Nov. 5 last year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It was deployed from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's ( JAXA) Kibo ...

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.

The LignoSat probe's biodegradable nature is seen as a potential solution to preserving the Earth's environment, as it is constructed from wood, which does not burn or rot in the vacuum of space ...

This was made public by the US space agency NASA, and the LignoSat was launched from the International Space Station (ISS) back in December. Sensors on board the Japanese-built device will measure ...

But the LignoSat passed stringent safety inspections of NASA and JAXA. The satellite will be sent to the International Space Station aboard a rocket of the private U.S. rocket manufacturer Space X ...

LignoSat satellite: LignoSat is a small Japanese wooden satellite. It is credited as the world’s first satellite to be made of wood. The Japanese satellite was developed by Kyoto University and ...

The world's first wooden satellite developed by Japan has been exposed to space. The Lignosat was deployed alongside four cubesats from the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2024 to test ...

LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, launched to the ISS on Nov. 5 last year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It was deployed from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA ...