Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
1st July, 2021 marks the beginning of construction of the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO).
- Headquartered in the United Kingdom, the SKAO will be an array of 197 dishes located in South Africa and 1,31,072 antennas in western Australia and operate in the 50 MegaHertz-15.3 GigaHertz frequency range.
- The €2 billion SKAO is an international partnership between Australia, China, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
- India, Germany, France, Canada, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and South Korea are currently the observer member nations, waiting to formally become member nations.
- The construction phase ....
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