Australia and Southern Africa short-listed for SKA location
28.09.06
Proposals for siting the SKA were received from the four candidates sites - Argentina/Brazil, Australia, China and Southern Africa - on 31 December 2005. Following a period of evaluation of the proposals and having taken account of the advice of an independent panel called the International SKA Site Advisory Committee, the ISSC decided that the short-list of acceptable sites for the SKA will comprise Australia and Southern Africa.

Additional studies of the characteristics of the short-listed sites will be carried out in 2007 and 2008. A final decision of the location of the SKA is expected thereafter.

SKA on the ESFRI Roadmap
19.10.06
The SKA project has been included on the Future Infrastructures Roadmap of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI-press release). This is an important recognition of the SKA project and a crucial step towards its realisation.