Croatia's first ever satellite has just beamed to Earth the first image of its homeland. The satellite, called CroCube, is a 1U cubesat 3.3 by 3.3 by 3.3 inches (10 x 10 x 10 centimeters) in size. It ...

LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, launched to the ISS on Nov. 5 last year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It was deployed from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's ( JAXA) Kibo ...

Research, assembly and testing of the “Hong Kong Star” satellite had succeeded at the company’s manufacturing centre ... could provide more precise images for use in fields such as disaster ...

An experimental satellite made of wood has been deployed ... Aluminum, a staple in spacecraft manufacturing, is the main culprit, as it produces ozone-destroying aluminum oxides when burnt.