Ratifications of the SKA treaty begin

SKA completes its final reviews ahead of construction

The SKA Observatory is born

First SKA Science Book published

First engineering meeting - Delft, the Netherlands

First combined science and engineering meeting in Guiyang, China

First funding for dedicated SKA R&D and prototyping

International Union of Radio Science creates a large telescope working group

Suggestions for a large radio telescope first appear in several countries.