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SKAO in the news
from Contact 15
Australia’s public broadcaster reports from the first SKA-Low antenna deployment and speaks to members of the Wajarri Yamaji community.
Electronics Media: GMV has been awarded the contract to develop the SKA telescopes’ Timescales
A look at the contract for the SKA telescopes’ central clock system which will ensure signals are precisely aligned across the arrays.
Engineering News: A prototype dish for the SKA has started early science work in the Karoo
A report on the first light of the SKAMPI dish, a prototype for SKA-Mid.
Financial Express: Square Kilometre Array Observatory? As India joins mega project, know all about world’s largest radio telescope
India’s Financial Express explores India’s history within the SKA project, following the announcement that it will become a full member of the Observatory.
My Broadband: The big lift - First dish of world’s biggest radio telescope in South Africa going up soon
The South African technology news website looks ahead to the assembly of the first SKA-Mid dish on site.
Science and Technology Daily: Joint efforts to build world’s largest radio telescope
The official newspaper of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology reports on the international collaboration behind the SKAO, and speaks to Director-General Prof. Philip Diamond during the SKAO Council meeting in Nanjing in March.
Video spotlight: The first SKA-Mid dish arrives in South Africa
Earlier this year, members of the SKA-Mid telescope team were on hand to welcome the first dish when it arrived in Cape Town, after a 16,000 km journey from the manufacturing site in China.
