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Sweden signs SKAO Convention to join Observatory

January 2025

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Sweden will soon join the SKA Observatory as a member following the signing of the SKA Observatory Convention at an...
India celebrates SKAO membership at Pune event

November 2024

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India’s membership of the SKA Observatory has been marked at an event in Pune attended by senior government officials, including...
Germany becomes the SKAO’s newest member

November 2024

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The SKA Observatory has welcomed Germany as its newest member state.
First image released from one SKA-Low station

August 2024

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This is the first image and video from observations using one complete SKA-Low station, known as S-8, produced only 18...
First SKA-Mid dish takes shape in South Africa

July 2024

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The SKAO has celebrated another construction milestone, with the assembly on Thursday 4 July of the first SKA-Mid telescope dish...
Canada joins SKA Observatory as tenth Member

June 2024

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Canada has joined the SKA Observatory as a Member, becoming the tenth country to join the intergovernmental organisation.
EU ambassadors welcomed to SKA-Mid telescope site

April 2024

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The SKAO and its South African partners have hosted a major diplomatic visit at the SKA-Mid telescope site in the...
First SKA-Low telescope antennas deployed in Australia

March 2024

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The SKA-Low telescope has begun to take shape in Western Australia with the installation of the first antennas on site...
India to become a full member of the SKA Observatory

January 2024

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India’s government has announced that it intends to join the SKA Observatory as a full member, and approved funding for...
SKAO in 2023: celebrating the year plans became reality

January 2024

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The year 2023 saw huge progress across the SKAO and our partner organisations, as construction began in earnest at the...
First SKA-Mid telescope production dish assembled in China

December 2023

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The first dish structure for the SKA-Mid telescope has been assembled at a test site in China, marking a major...
SKAO highlighted in South Korea-UK landmark accord

November 2023

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South Korea’s interest in the SKA Observatory has been noted during a state visit by the country’s president to the...
Spain joins SKA Observatory as full member

April 2023

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The SKA Observatory will shortly have a ninth member country after Spain completed the internal approval process to join the...
Germany announces intention to become full SKA Observatory member

March 2023

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On a visit to the SKA-Mid telescope site in South Africa, German Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger announced that the...
SKAO welcomes Canada’s intention to become full Observatory member

January 2023

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The SKA Observatory’s member country tally may rise following Canada's announcement that it intends to seek full SKAO membership.
New German astrophysics centre spells good news for SKA telescopes

September 2022

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The German astronomy and astroparticle physics community have been awarded funding in a competitive process to set up a new...
Swiss formalises membership of SKA Observatory in Davos

May 2022

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Switzerland formalised its membership of the largest and most ambitious radio astronomy collaboration in the world – the SKA Observatory...
France to join SKAO as full member

April 2022

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France is in the home straight to join the SKA Observatory (SKAO) as a full member. The milestone is in...

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