"The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope. The SKA is not a single telescope, but a collection of telescopes, called an array, to be spread over long distances. It will be constructed in Australia and South Africa with a later expansion in both countries and into other African countries.
The design has been led by the SKA Organisation based near Manchester, UK and supported by more than 1,000 engineers and scientists in 20 countries. The SKA Organisation is transitioning to the SKA Observatory, an intergovernmental organisation established by treaty, to undertake the construction and operation of the telescope."
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Shanghai, China, Monday 25 November 2019 – Around 250 engineers, scientists and industry representatives as well as government officials and members of the press from across the SKA community and beyond have gathered in Shanghai, China for the SKA‘s sixth global project conference related to Engineering. Titled “Concluding our Past, Realising our Future” the meeting is set to open a new chapter in the SKA’s 25-year history.
Co-hosted by the SKA Organisation and China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, the four-day meeting is being attended by experts from 19 countries, including those working at precursor, pathfinder and peer facilities.
Traditionally focused on engineering & design, this year the conference will for the first time shift to discussion of construction and operation of the world’s largest radio telescope, with a packed agenda covering topics ranging from procurement to commissioning and operations, as well as daily science talks summarising the major areas of astrophysics that will benefit from the SKA.
“This meeting comes after six years of hard work,” said Tim Stevenson, Head of Mission Assurance for the SKA and responsible for organising this year’s meeting. “We are moving from discussing how to build the SKA to how we are going to operate it, so it is an exciting time for everyone involved. There is a real sense that this is happening.”
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The preview comes ahead of the SKA System Critical Design Review, which takes place in just two weeks’ time at SKA Global Headquarters in the UK.
“For six years, hundreds of international experts have worked to deliver the nine key elements that form the SKA’s design” said Andrea Casson, Head of Project Management Group for the SKA “so it’s very exciting to see it all come together here in Shanghai for the first time ahead of the final review.”
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Press release, video here :-
https://www.skatelescope.org/news/fi...-off-shanghai/
