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The satellite was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX cargo flight on November 5. Following its arrival at the ISS, it will be deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), aka Kibō, a month later.
<https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/japanese-experiment-module-kibo/>
LignoSat is a proof of concept and the lessons learned will feed into the design of LignoSat 2. It's a joint effort by Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry. A ten-month experiment aboard the ISS, where wood samples were mounted on the exposed facility of the JEM in 2022, showed virtually no deterioration in the material, aside from a slight fading in color.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/482/213/535/320/309/original/884f11929959a1db.png)
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The satellite is made with honoki, a magnolia tree native to Japan whose wood was historically used to craft samurai sword sheaths.
LignoSat is a 10 cm cubesat made mainly of wood and solar panels and a smattering of electronics to record how the satellite holds up during its six months in orbit. Data collected will include temperature, the expansion and contraction of the wood as the spacecraft orbits, geomagnetism and hardware performance onboard. One hope is that the use of wood will reduce the impact of space radiation on electronics.
The origins of LignoSat (named after the Latin word for wood, “lignum”) date back to 2017, and come from former NASA astronaut and engineer, Takao Doi. At the time, Doi wondered if future human explorers on the moon and Mars could one day turn to materials other than steel and concrete to construct safe, resilient buildings.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/482/213/590/255/931/original/ea73ea58dcae4ad2.png)
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