European Space Agency Set to Launch World First Wooden Satellite WISA Woodsat by 2021 End

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The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning to launch the world’s first wooden satellite, dubbed as WISA Woodsat, into orbit by the end of the year 2021.
The basic goal of this experiment is to discover whether a substance like wood can withstand the vacuum, heat, cold, and radiation of space.
The wooden satellite is being designed by Finnish company Arctic Astronautics, after being proposed by its co-founder, Jari Makinen.
WISA Woodsat is a nanosatellite, made of birch plywood, in the shape of a cube. The length, height, and breadth of the WISA Woodsat is 10x10x10 cm.
It will include Sensors produced by the ESA, to assess how it survives the severe conditions of lower Earth orbit..
While, mostly all parts of this satellite has been developed by plywood, the only non-wooden elements of the WISA Woodsat will be a metal selfie stick and corner aluminium rails that allow the satellite to be launched into orbit.
The WISA Woodsat will be launched from New Zealand on a rocket called the Electron, which was created by the American aerospace company Rocket Lab.