Japan ta taunchi satelite na kasa ta kwanon duniya a yau, Alhamis, 5 ga watan Nuwamba, 2024. Satelite din, wanda aka sanya suna LignoSat, an gina shi ne ta hanyar hadin gwiwa tsakanin Jami’ar Kyoto da Sumitomo Forestry. LignoSat ya tashi zuwa sararin samaniya ta hanyar jirgin samaniya na SpaceX kuma zai samu matsuguni a kusa da kilomita 400 a saman duniya.
An yi satelite din daga itace mai suna honoki, wani irin itace na magnolia na Japan wanda aka saba amfani dashi wajen yin kofa na takuba na Japan. Malamai sun ce itacen honoki ya fi dacewa saboda karfinsa da rashin yuwuwar karyewa a sararin samaniya.
Takao Doi, wani astronaut daga Jami’ar Kyoto, ya ce an gina satelite din domin nuna yuwuwar amfani da itace a gina gine-gine a sararin samaniya, musamman a wajen wata da Mars. Doi ya bayyana cewa, “Idan mun iya amfani da kayan da mutane zasu iya samarwa da kawo su sararin samaniya, za mu iya kirkira al’umma mai dorewa a sararin samaniya.”
Satelite din zai zama a sararin samaniya na tsawon watanni shida, inda na’urorin da ke cikinsa za ke nazarin yadda itacen ke jurewa yanayin sararin samaniya, wanda suka hada da canjin zafin jiki daga -100 zuwa 100 digiri Celsius kowace sa’a 45 tsakanin duhu da haske.
Kenji Kariya daga Sumitomo Forestry Tsukuba Research Institute ya ce satelite din kuma zai bincika ikon itacen ya kare semiconductor daga radiation na sararin samaniya, wanda zai iya fa’ida wajen gina data centre.
