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Production of a Baseline Design and Advanced Instrumentation Programme

Timeline - 01 January 2010

International SKA Steering Committee & Secretariat established

Timeline - 01 January 2000

Site identification process begins

Timeline - 01 January 2001

First SKA logo developed

Timeline - 01 May 2001

International SKA Project Office established

Timeline - 01 January 2004

Call for proposals to host the SKA

Timeline - 01 May 2004

Australia with New Zealand and Southern Africa shortlisted as potential host sites

Timeline - 01 January 2006

SKA added to European strategic research infrastructure list

Timeline - 01 May 2006

SKA emerges as a high priority project in the European Astronet science vision

Timeline - 01 January 2007

Allocation of European funding then national matching funds to further progress development

Timeline - 01 January 2008

SKA Organisation established at Jodrell Bank near Manchester, UK as a Limited Company

Timeline - 01 November 2011

Dual site decision

Timeline - 01 May 2012

Creation of the SKA engineering consortia

Timeline - 01 November 2013

Jodrell Bank selected to host the permanent SKA Headquarters

Timeline - 01 April 2015

Fourth SKA Science Book published

Timeline - 01 September 2015

International negotiations to establish the SKA Observatory begin in Rome, Italy

Timeline - 01 October 2015

European Commission identifies SKA as a key project

Timeline - 01 April 2016

Preliminary Design Reviews begin for each engineering element

Timeline - 01 May 2016

System Preliminary Design Review

Timeline - 01 December 2016

First prototype SKA dish assembled in Shijiazhuang, China

Timeline - 01 February 2018

First SKA-Low prototype station completed on site

Timeline - 10 May 2018

International negotiations to establish the SKA Observatory conclude

Timeline - 01 May 2018

Critical Design Reviews for each engineering element begin

Timeline - 01 July 2018

First Science Data Challenge launched

Timeline - 01 November 2018

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