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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...
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 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...
SKAO signs agreement with French national research agency CNRS

March 2022

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The SKA Observatory (SKAO) has signed a cooperation agreement with the French National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS, Europe’s largest...
SKAO signs agreement with India’s National Centre for Radio Astrophysics

February 2022

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India is a step closer to full membership of the SKA Observatory following the signature of a cooperation arrangement with...
Switzerland joins SKAO as eighth member

January 2022

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Switzerland has joined the SKA Observatory, becoming the first country to join the intergovernmental organisation’s founding Members by acceding to...
SKAO signs agreement with Canada’s National Research Council

November 2021

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SKAO Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, 29 November 2021 – The SKA Observatory (SKAO) and the National Research Council of...
SKAO signs agreement with Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology

October 2021

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At a ceremony held online last week, an agreement was signed between the SKAO and Chalmers University of Technology in...
Switzerland takes key step towards SKAO

June 2021

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The prestigious Swiss science and technology university École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has signed a Cooperation Agreement with the...
China ratifies SKA Observatory Convention

June 2021

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China has ratified the Convention Establishing the SKA Observatory (SKAO), following the approval of the national legislature and signature of...
SKA Observatory to welcome France as new member

May 2021

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“France will join the SKA Observatory.” With these words, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France’s accession to the intergovernmental organisation...

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