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Detailed explanation-1: -KYOTO (Kyodo) – A plan is under way in Japan to launch the world’s first “wooden” satellite in 2023, as its development team aims to harness the environmental friendliness and low cost of wood in space development.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Japan. Japan has planned a 2023 launch of the world’s first satellite made out of wood to reduce debris. Japan’s Sumitomo Forestry company and Kyoto University aim to launch the world’s first wood-based space satellite.

Detailed explanation-3: -Notes: WISA Woodsat is a nano satellite, which would be the world’s first wooden satellite to be launched to space by the end of this year from New Zealand. This nanosatellite is a cube shaped structure made of birch plywood with its sensors developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Detailed explanation-4: -Designed and manufactured in Finland by Arctic Astronautics, the wooden satellite is a cube-shaped nano-satellite with dimensions 4x4x4 inches and a weight of 1kg. Wisa Woodsat is constructed using standardised boxes with surface panels made out of the same plywood used in furniture-making.

Detailed explanation-5: -WISA Woodsat Mission will expose wooden materials to extreme space conditions like heat, cold, vacuum and radiation. Wooden satellite will be launched to space by end of 2021 with a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. It will be launched from Mahia Peninsula launch complex in New Zealand.