WISA Woodsat was tested at ESTEC
(UPM, Helsinki, 9 July 2021 at 15:00 EEST) – WISA Woodsat satellite was put through rigorous tests during this week at ESTEC, the technical centre of the European Space Agency located in the Netherlands. The world’s first wooden satellite is now certified for a rocket ride and the final pre-launch phase can begin. The model used for the tests was an exact copy of the actual satellite to be launched to space. The satellite was subjected to a rigorous vibration test, mimicking a ride to space atop of a rocket shaken by the engines. The satellite also faces hard acoustic noise from the