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Key documents

SKAO foundational documents

SKA Phase 1 Executive Summary

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SKA Phase 1 Construction Proposal

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SKA Observatory Establishment and Delivery Plan

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Core design documents

Core design documents issued by the SKA Organisation office are listed below. Click on individual documents to access the PDF versions.

Baseline Design document version2 (Oct 2015)

Baseline Design document (Mar 2013)

Baseline Design – miscellaneous corrections (Oct 2013)

SKA1 Level 0 Science Requirements (revision 7) (Oct 2015)

SKA System Level 1 Requirements (revision 6) (Apr 2015)

Concept of Operations (revision 02) (May 2015)

Re-baselining documents

Report and Options for Re-Baselining of SKA-1 (Apr 2015)

Report on Re-Baselining from the Science and Engineering Advisory Committee (Feb 2015)

Mid Signal Chain Documents

Core design documents recently issued by the SKA Organisation office are listed below. Click on individual documents to access the PDF versions.

RFI Characterisation and SKA1 Signal Chain Design Considerations (part 1) – Feb 2016

SKA1 CSP Mid Correlator and Beamformer Sub-element Requirement Specification – Jul 2018