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SKAO's telescope in South Africa 'comes alive' with first fringes milestoneThe SKA Observatory’s growing telescope array in South Africa, SKA-Mid, has achieved “first fringes” using two of its…
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EU ambassadors welcomed to SKA-Mid telescope siteThe SKAO and its South African partners have hosted a major diplomatic visit at the SKA-Mid telescope site in the Karoo…
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French computing experts to deliver SKAO science data processor hardwareFrance has been awarded its first SKAO construction contract, with computing specialists Eviden – part of the global…
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Germany reaffirms commitment to SKAO as major contract signedGermany’s Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär emphasised the impact of the SKA Observatory membership during an…
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SKA Observatory reaches first construction milestone in AustraliaThe SKA Observatory has reached its first construction milestone, with the first array assembly of its Australian-based…
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Chinese 21 CentiMeter Array joins SKA pathfinder familyThe 21 CentiMeter Array (21CMA) situated in the Tianshan Mountains of western China has been officially granted…
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First SKA-Low telescope antennas deployed in AustraliaThe SKA-Low telescope has begun to take shape in Western Australia with the installation of the first antennas on site…
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First SKA-Mid dish takes shape in South AfricaThe SKAO has celebrated another construction milestone, with the assembly on Thursday 4 July of the first SKA-Mid…
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First image released from one SKA-Low stationThis is the first image and video from observations using one complete SKA-Low station, known as S-8, produced only 18…
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SKAO in 2023: celebrating the year plans became realityThe year 2023 saw huge progress across the SKAO and our partner organisations, as construction began in earnest at the…
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First SKA-Mid telescope production dish assembled in ChinaThe first dish structure for the SKA-Mid telescope has been assembled at a test site in China, marking a major…
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SKAO publishes construction proposal and delivery plan for the SKA telescopesFollowing the first meeting of its Council earlier this month, SKAO has published its Construction Proposal for the SKA…
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Green light given for construction of world’s largest radio telescope arraysAt a historic meeting of its Council last week, the recently formed SKA Observatory (SKAO) saw its Member States…
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First meeting of the new SKAO Science and Engineering Advisory CommitteeThe SKA Observatory’s (SKAO) newly formed Science and Engineering Advisory Committee (SEAC) held its inaugural meeting…
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Site construction directors appointed by the SKA ObservatoryTwo respected science infrastructure experts have been appointed to lead construction activities at the telescope sites…
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SKA completes final reviews ahead of constructionThe SKA Organisation has now successfully passed all its final reviews ahead of submitting its Construction Proposal…
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Final SKA Engineering Design Meeting Kicks Off in ShanghaiAround 250 engineers, scientists and industry representatives as well as government officials and members of the press…
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SKA passes overall design reviewAn independent panel of external reviewers from major astronomy projects has given the SKA’s overall design, costing…
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UK-led Science Data Processor consortium concludes workThe SKA’s Science Data Processor (SDP) consortium has concluded its engineering design work, marking the end of five…
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South African-led Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) Consortium completes planning workThe international engineering consortium tasked with planning the assembly, integration and verification (AIV) of the…
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Indian-led Telescope Manager consortium concludes design work on SKAAfter four and a half years, the international Telescope Manager (TM) consortium has formally concluded its work on the…
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UK-led Signal and Data Transport consortium concludes design workThe international Signal and Data Transport (SaDT) engineering consortium has concluded its work to design the complex…
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Shanghai moves forward with SKA Regional Centre developmentSKA Regional Centres (SRCs) were high on the agenda when SKA Organisation Director-General Prof. Philip Diamond…
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SKA precursor telescope MeerKAT inaugurated in South AfricaSouth Africa’s 64-dish MeerKAT telescope, one of the SKA’s precursor telescopes, was officially inaugurated by Deputy…