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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - This file photo taken on May 28, 2024 shows the world’s first satellite made from wood, named LignoSat, developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry, during a press conference in Kyoto. — AFP pic
TOKYO, Nov 5 — The world’s first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Scientists at Kyoto University expect the wooden material to burn up when the device re-enters the atmosphere — potentially providing a way to avoid generating metal particles when a retired satellite returns to Earth.
These particles may negatively impact both the environment and telecommunications, the developers say.
Each side of the box-like experimental satellite, named LignoSat, measures just 10 centimetres.
It was launched on an unmanned rocket from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, Kyoto University’s Human Spaceology Centre said.
The satellite, installed in a special container prepared by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, “flew into space safely”, it said in a post on X.
A spokeswoman for LignoSat’s co-developer Sumitomo Forestry told AFP the launch had been “successful”.
It “will arrive at the ISS soon, and will be released to outer space about a month later” to test its strength and durability, she said.
Data will be sent from the satellite to researchers who can check for signs of strain and determine if the satellite can withstand extreme changes in temperature.
“Satellites that are not made of metal should become mainstream,” Takao Doi, an astronaut and special professor at Kyoto University, said at a press conference earlier this year. — AFP
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