World's first wooden satellite heads to space

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World's first wooden satellite heads to space  The world's first wooden satellite, built by scientists in Japan, headed into space Monday atop a SpaceX rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.  It'll stay in orbit for six months, 250 miles above the Earth in an attempt to prove wood is a space-grade material.  Sensors on board will measure how the material puts up with extreme temperatures in space which range from minus-148 degrees to plus-212 degrees Fahrenheit every 45 minutes, as it orbits from darkness to sunlight.  REUTERS / NASA / KYOTO UNIVERSITY HANDOUT VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #satellite  #japan

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00:00World's first wooden satellite, built by scientists in Japan, headed into space Monday

00:06atop a SpaceX rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

00:09It'll stay in orbit for six months, 250 miles above the Earth, in an attempt to prove

00:16wood is a space-grade material.

00:19Sensors onboard will measure how the material puts up with extreme temperatures in space,

00:23which range from minus 148 degrees to plus 212 degrees Fahrenheit every 45 minutes, as

00:31it orbits from darkness to sunlight.

00:34The LIGNOSAT is a palm-sized satellite developed by Kyoto University and homebuilder Sumitomo

00:40Forestry.

00:42Scientists say they'll test wood's ability to reduce the impact of space radiation on

00:46semiconductors, a useful test for applications such as building data centers.

00:52A wooden satellite burns up in the Earth's atmosphere at the end of its life, with much

00:56less pollution too compared to metal ones.

00:59The Kyoto University research team has high hopes for the test, which is one step in the

01:04longer-term dream to build timber houses on the Moon and Mars.

01:22For more UN videos visit www.un.org

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