6 July 2011, Banff, Canada – The Founding Board of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project today reported at the SKA Forum 2011 that significant progress was made when the process and timeline for selection of the host site … Read more
Big step forward for SKA
Written by Jo - 0 CommentsA working optical fibre link has been commissioned between CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope in Western Australia, and other radio telescopes across Australia and New Zealand. Find out more:www.csiro.au/news/Big-step-forward-for-SKA.html
SKA announces Statement of Mutual Interest with Cisco
Written by Jo - 0 Comments6 July 2011, Banff, Canada – The Square Kilometre Array Program Development Office (SPDO), headquarters of the SKA radio telescope project, has signed a non binding Statement of Mutual Interest (SoMI) with Cisco. The SoMI offers a framework in which … Read more
Australian government announces SKA Funding
Written by Jo - 2 Comments10 May 2011 – The Australian Government has announced the provision of $40.2 million over four years to support the Australian-New Zealand bid to host the Square Kilometre Array. View press release
SKA announces Founding Board and selects Jodrell Bank Observatory to host Project Office
Written by Jo - 0 CommentsSteps crucial for realisation of world’s biggest radio telescope project 2 April 2011, Rome, Italy – Nine national governmental and research organisations have today established a Founding Board for the global Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Australia, China, France, Germany, … Read more
Square Kilometre Array project launches new website
Written by Jo - 0 Comments31 March 2011 Manchester, UK The Square Kilometre Array project launches brand new website. Designed to convey the exciting and inspirational nature of the SKA telescope, the new website gives a clear overview of the science aims and technological challenges … Read more
Square Kilometre Array signs agreement with BAE Systems
Written by Jo - 0 Comments15 March 2011, Manchester, UK The Square Kilometre Array Program Development Office (SPDO), headquarters of the SKA radio telescope project, has signed a Statement of Mutual Interest (SoMI) with BAE Systems. The agreement offers a formal framework in which the … Read more
System engineering success for the Square Kilometre Array project
Written by Jo - 0 Comments3rd March 2011, Manchester, UK The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project has successfully passed the system engineering conceptual design review, an important milestone in the project timeline. The review (System delta CoDR) was held at the University of Manchester between … Read more