Rocket Lab will launch world's first wooden satellite
Rocket Lab will launch world's first wooden satellite Newshub 7 hrs ago © WISA Plywood What the satellite will look like. The world's first wooden satellite is preparing to launch from Rocket Lab's Mahia Peninsula site later this year. Designed in Finland the 10 by 10cm plywood satellite will launch as part of a mission to test the behaviour and durability of wood for possible future missions. Woodsat chief engineer Samuli Nymanm said the satellite is "basically the same" as any you'd find in a hardware store. "The main difference is that ordinary plywood is too humid for space use so we...
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