#On-site work to remove the telescope will begin once planning
University of Hawaiʻi officially begins process to decommission UKIRT telescope atop Mauna Kea
It will be the third Mauna Kea observatory decommissioned under the university’s Maunakea Comprehensive Management Plan, following Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Hōkū Keʻa Observatory, both completed in 2024.
