LignoSat
wooden CubeSat deployed from the ISS in 2024
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Summary
LignoSat is a CubeSat[1]. LignoSat ranks in the top 5% of cubesat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3]
- Instance of: research satellite[4]
- Developer: Kyoto University[5], Sumitomo Forestry[6]
- Made from material: magnolia[7], aluminium[8], plastic[9], silicon[10]
- Commons category: LignoSat[11]
- Space launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5[12]
- Country of origin: Japan[13]
- Powered by: solar cell panel[14]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: November 5, 2024[15]
- Time of object orbit decay: March 11, 2025[16]
- Significant event: rocket launch[17], deployment[18], communication failure[19], atmospheric entry[20]
- Launch contractor: SpaceX[21]
- Start point: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A[22]
- Name in kana: リグノサット[23]
- Length: 10 cm[24]
- Height: 10 cm[25]
- Width: 10 cm[26]
- Mass: 900 g[27]
- Volume as quantity: 1 cubesat unit[28]
Why It Matters
LignoSat is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]