WISA Woodsat wooden satellite takes a test flight from Heureka
(UPM, Helsinki, 8 June 2021 at 09:00 EEST) – The world’s first wooden satellite mission, WISA Woodsat[TM], will have its first taste of space conditions on 12[th] of June, when a weather balloon will carry the satellite prototype to a stratospheric altitude of approx. 30 kilometres. The stratospheric flight will test the communication, commanding and the boom camera of the satellite.
The stratospheric flight of the WISA Woodsat prototype will be done from the Finnish Science Center Heureka (in the picture) at 13:00 weather permitting. Follow @wisawoodsat on Instagram and Twitter for