11 June 20244 June 2024 World’s first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers The creators expect the wooden material will burn up completely when the device re-enters the atmosphere — potentially providing a way to avoid the generation of metal particles when a retired satellite returns to Earth
20 February 202419 February 2024 Exposure experiment of wood looks green at the ISS The research group has determined that LignoSat2, scheduled to be jointly launched in 2024 by NASA and JAXA, will likely use the Magnolia wood for its ideal properties
1 December 202330 November 2023 Japanese scientists want to send a wooden satellite into space The Lignosat satellite is in the final stages of its safety review and is expected to launch in a joint mission by JAXA and NASA in the summer of 2024
Holz-Satelliten: Nachhaltigkeit in der Raumfahrt revolutionieren NASA und JAXA starten LignoSat, den ersten Holzsatelliten, der startbereit ist für ein neues Weltraumzeitalter
