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Hong Kong greenhouse gas tracker MUSICO operating on Tiangong station
The device’s four sensors captured images of carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen and aerosol with good clarity while on China’s Tiangong space station.
Hong Kong’s technology minister said a greenhouse gas monitoring instrument developed by scientists in the city is operating successfully aboard China’s Tiangong space station, with results expected to support sustainable development goals.
According to the South China Morning Post, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industries Sun Dong said the Multi-Spectral Imaging Carbon Observatory, or MUSICO, was deployed by a team led by researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and funded by the city government.
The minister said the system’s four sensors, designed to detect carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen and aerosol, successfully captured images with good clarity and were functioning well on the station.
He also described the project as the world’s first lightweight, high-resolution, high-precision synergistic observatory for the monitoring of two gases, and offered additional details on the schedule of Hong Kong’s first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying.