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MoU to allow nine African countries to drive forward radio astronomy projects
April 16, 2015 Editor 0
The recent meeting of the African partner countries in the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope programme in Pretoria was a success, South African Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has told Engineering News. “It went very well,” she said. “I think the strategy we have adopted, the MoU [memorandum of understanding], is a […]
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Nine African countries to drive forward two radio astronomy projects
March 29, 2015 Editor Comments Off on Nine African countries to drive forward two radio astronomy projects
The meeting of the African partner countries in the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope programme in Pretoria on Wednesday was a success, South African Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor told Engineering News Online. “It went very well,” she said. “I think the strategy we have adopted, the MoU [memorandum of understanding], is […]
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SKA can help uplift Mozambique, says Vice Minister
March 29, 2015 Editor 0
Participation as an African partner country, with South Africa, in the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope programme is important to Mozambique, the country’s Vice Minister for Science, Technology, Higher and Professional Education, Leda Hugo, told Engineering News Online. “It is important for it gives us the possibility to uplift our country through science, […]
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SA’s MeerKAT radio telescope milestone with completion of dish foundations
February 14, 2014 Editor 0
The last of the 64 foundations for the dishes for South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array was poured on Tuesday, SKA South Africa (SKA SA) has announced. The 64-dish MeerKAT will be a precursor to the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, which will be jointly hosted by South Africa and Australia. “The foundations […]
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€650m SKA programme enters key development and design phase
February 3, 2014 Editor 0
This year is going to be a key year in the process of transforming the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope programme from concept to concrete. “We’ll have a huge amount of work going on – on the design of the SKA and its systems and subsystems,” explains SKA Organisation director-general Professor Philip Diamond. […]
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South Africa’s SKA radio telescope will be world’s largest
December 2, 2013 Editor 0
Last Friday on Al Jazeera’s talk show South2North, Redi Tlhabi discussed the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope and Africa’s new positioning as a space hub. “Do you ever gaze at the stars and wonder how it all began and whether there is life out there? If so, the answers may come from unexpected quarters,” says Redi at […]
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