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LIVE: World's first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads into space | REUTERS

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November 5, 2024

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The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, is launched to space in an early test for using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.

LignoSat, developed by Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo Forestry, heads to the International Space Station on a SpaceX mission and will be released to the orbit about 250 miles above the Earth in the coming weeks.

Named after the Latin word for ‘wood,’ the palm-sized LignoSat is tasked with demonstrating the cosmic potential of the renewable material as humans explore living in space.

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