(HKU Press) HKU and ILOA Signed MoU to Partner on the ILO-C Chang’E-7 Moon Lander Mission Launching 2026
June 21, 2024
The Laboratory for Space Research at The University of Hong Kong (HKU-LSR) signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the International Lunar Observatory Association Hawai’i (ILOA) on May 16 2024, establishing an equal partnership to participate in one of the ILOA-led Chang’e 7 lunar missions – a small, wide-field optical telescope named ILO-C. The HKU-LSR telescope design has been formally chosen, and work has begun in earnest. ILO-C will be installed on the approved Chang’E-7 lunar lander in 2026.
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