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Japan launches the world’s first wooden satellite into space

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The satellite, built in Japan, was developed in a partnership between Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry. It is called LignoSat – lignum means “wood” in Latin.

The satellite is just the size of the palm of your hand. Its main purpose is to test how the material will withstand the stresses of space and whether it can be used for people who live in space.

– With wood, a material we can produce ourselves, we will be able to build homes, live and work in space forever,” said Takao Doi, an astronaut studying human activities in space at Kyoto University.

If all goes according to plan, the LignoSat will spend six months orbiting the Earth and, if successful, it will be handed over to SpaceX.

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