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The world’s first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September.<\/p>\n

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Each side of the experimental satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry measures just 10 centimeters (four inches).<\/p>\n

The creators expect the wooden material will burn up completely when the device re-enters the atmosphere\u2014potentially providing a way to avoid the generation of metal particles when a retired satellite returns to Earth.<\/p>\n

These metal particles could have a negative impact on the environment and telecommunications, the developers said as they announced the satellite’s completion on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Satellites that are not made of metal should become mainstream,” Takao Doi, an astronaut and special professor at Kyoto University, told a press conference.<\/p>\n

The developers plan to hand the satellite, made from magnolia wood and named LignoSat, to space agency JAXA next week.<\/p>\n

It will be sent into space on a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in September, bound for the International Space Station (ISS), they said.<\/p>\n

From there, the satellite will be released from the Japanese ISS experiment module to test its strength and durability.<\/p>\n

“Data will be sent from the satellite to researchers who can check for signs of strain and whether the satellite can withstand huge changes in temperature,” a Sumitomo Forestry spokeswoman told AFP on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Also on Tuesday, a rocket carrying a separate sophisticated satellite\u2014a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and JAXA\u2014blasted off from California on a mission to investigate what role clouds could play in the fight against climate change.<\/p>\n

The EarthCARE satellite will orbit nearly 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth for three years.<\/p>\n

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