Company

Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF)

Sweden · named on public Moon flights

IRF built ESA-funded NILS (Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface) for Chang'e-6, the first ESA instrument on the lunar surface. Named far-side science payload. In June 2026 IRF delivered the Lunar Neutrals Telescope flight model to TÜBİTAK UZAY for AYAP-1, Türkiye's first lunar orbiter.

Hardware

NILS

Hardware · ESA-funded NILS (Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface) built by Swedish IRF. · Chang'e-6

LNPT

Hardware · IRF energetic neutral atom telescope imaging solar wind interaction with the lunar surface from AYAP-1 polar orbit. · AYAP-1

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Cargo

Flights

Chang'e-62024-05-03 · CNSA national far-side lunar sample-return via Queqiao-2 relay.
AYAP-1first half 2027 · AYAP-1 is Türkiye's first lunar spacecraft under the Lunar Research Program (AYAP).

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