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A Wooden Miniature Satellite is Set to Launch into Earth’s Orbit

(JIJI PRESS/AFP/Japan OUT)Japanese researchers have built the world's first wooden satellite, which is scheduled to be launched on a SpaceX rocket in September. Developed by scientists at Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry, this experimental satellite is a tiny cuboid, with each side measuring just 10 centimeters (four inches).The creators anticipate that the wooden material...