Launch of Chandrayaan-2: CEI involvement in mission science

The Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI) in the School of Physical Sciences was involved in development of the X-ray detectors for the CLASS XRF instrument on Chandrayaan-2, which India will attempt to launch on Monday 22nd July at 09:14 GMT. The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft contains a lunar orbiter and a lander for the Moon. CEI have also very recently been invited to collaborate over the coming year on supporting aspects of its calibration.