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is getting back to
with the testing of a satellite that is largely made from
. The Woodsat is the
of engineer Jari Makinen, co-founder of a company called Arctic Astronautics. It is just 10cm cubed in
. Mr Makinen tested his DIY
in the stratosphere. He attached it to a
balloon and it went to an
of 30km above Earth. As planned, the balloon exploded and Woodsat
parachuted back to Earth. All communications equipment survived the
conditions as it came back.