In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth's orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a ...

The world's first wooden satellite has officially been deployed. Built by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), ...

Japan's wooden satellite, LignoSat, has been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS).

Internal view of LignoSat's structure shows the relationship among wooden panels, aluminum frames, and stainless-steel shafts ...

Tokyo: The world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, was among five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the ...

LignoSat was launched to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX-31 Dragon Cargo Vehicle. It was deployed using the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer-30 (J-SSOD-30) with help from the ...

The world's first wooden satellite developed by Japan has been exposed to space. The Lignosat was deployed alongside four ...

Imagine a satellite constructed of wood rather than metal. This innovative concept is on the brink of becoming a reality, with scientists aiming to launch the world's first wooden satellite later ...

The tiny satellite, developed by scientists at Kyoto University in collaboration with Sumitomo Forestry, a logging company, aims to address the environmental impact of metallic particles from ...

KYOTO--A cube-shaped wooden satellite named LignoSat has ... But the LignoSat passed stringent safety inspections of NASA and JAXA. The satellite will be sent to the International Space Station ...