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LignoSat

Wooden CubeSat deployed from the ISS in 2024. LignoSat was launched on November 5, 2024 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 11, 2025).

COSPAR 1998-067XENORAD 62297Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT
LignoSat
International designator
1998-067XE
NORAD catalog number
62297
GCAT identifier
S62297

Mission

Mission type
Technology
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
Kyoto
Owner
Kyoto
Country
Japan
Builder
Kyoto University
Platform (bus)
Cubesat 1U

Launch

Date
November 5, 2024 · 02:29 UTC
Launch record
2024-200Success
Rocket
Falcon 9
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
404 km
Apogee
419 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
March 11, 2025
Last known active
Nov 5, 2024
End of operations
Dec 9, 2024

Size

Mass
1 kg
Dry mass
1 kg
Length
0.1 m
Diameter
0.10 m
Span
0.1 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q124728590 (CC0).