It is a joint project of Japan’s Kyoto University and home building company Sumitomo Forestry. The 10 cm long satellite is constructed from Honeki Magnolia wood panels, assembled without metal screws ...

Credit: Kyoto University In an unparalleled leap for space exploration and sustainability, Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully launched the world’s first wooden satellite, ...

Japan's wooden satellite, LignoSat, has been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS).… LignoSat was sent to the ISS in November 2024 on a mission to demonstrate that wood ...

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 ...

Unique And Sustainable The satellite, developed by Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry, is made from 10 cm long honoki magnolia wood panels and assembled with a Japanese wood ...

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 ...

Together, they want to expand the potential of wood as a renewable resource and one day build wooden habitats in space, on the moon and even on Mars. The wooden satellite from Japan has now beaten ...

The discussions centered on Japan's Act 48 of 2016, or the Act on Promotion of Use and Distribution of Legally-Harvested Wood and Wood Products. The law requires countries which export wood and wood ...