{"id":23855,"date":"2024-11-05T03:46:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T22:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23855"},"modified":"2025-04-07T05:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T23:54:53","slug":"lignosat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lignosat\/","title":{"rendered":"LignoSat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About LignoSat:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>LignoSat\u201d, a fusion of \u201c<strong>ligno\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(the Latin word for wood) and \u201csatellite\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>developed<\/strong>\u00a0through collaborative research and development by a team comprising members\u00a0<strong>from Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry Co.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong>\u00a0Their objective is to leverage the eco-friendliness and cost-effectiveness of wood in space exploration.<\/li>\n<li>It is tasked to demonstrate the\u00a0<strong>cosmic potential of the renewable material<\/strong>\u00a0as humans explore living in space.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>constructed from magnolia wood,<\/strong>\u00a0chosen for its durability and adaptability.<\/li>\n<li>It will first be sent to\u00a0<strong>the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/quest-upsc-notes\/international-space-station\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>International Space Station<\/strong>\u00a0(ISS)<\/a>\u00a0aboard a SpaceX rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.<\/li>\n<li>Once it reaches the ISS, it will be released from the Japanese experiment module to test its durability and strength.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers will receive data from the satellite to monitor its performance, including signs of strain and its ability to withstand extreme temperature changes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why is wood used? :<\/strong>\u00a0Wooden satellites are viewed as more\u00a0<strong>environmentally friendly upon reentering the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere\u00a0<\/strong>at the conclusion of their mission. Unlike metal satellites, which pose air pollution risks due to the generation of metal particles during reentry, wooden satellites mitigate these concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the International Space Station?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a large spacecraft in orbit around Earth. It serves as a home where crews of astronauts and cosmonauts live. The space station is also a unique science laboratory. It is a unique international collaboration among five space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/space\/worlds-first-wooden-satellite-developed-japan-heads-space-2024-11-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World&#8217;s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LignoSat is developed through collaborative research and development by a team comprising members from Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}