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South Africa: First Meerkat Telescope Foundation Laid
August 16, 2013 Editor 0
[SA Info]The concrete for the first MeerKAT antenna foundation was poured at South Africa’s Square Kilometre Array (SKA) site in the Northern Cape on Wednesday. Go to Source
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South Africa’s new radio telescope reveals giant outbursts from binary star system
May 22, 2013 Editor 0
An international team of astronomers have reported the first scientific results from the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) in South Africa, the pathfinder radio telescope for the $3 billion global Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. The results appear in the latest issue of the prestigious international astronomical journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society(MNRAS).
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SA space industry making headway
September 14, 2012 Editor 0
South Africa is gaining ground in the development of space technology, especially in the field of micro and nano satellites, says South African Council for Space Affairs (Sacsa) chairperson Dr Peter Martinez. He is also at the National Research Foundation’s South African Astronomical Observatory and points out that, although the country has made major investments […]
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South Africa’s telescope success may threaten gas plans
June 1, 2012 Editor 0
South Africa’s winning the rights to host the bulk of the world’s biggest radio telescope looks set to clash with plans to use the high-pressure pumping method fracking, which can cause earth tremors, to extract gas from its vast shale deposits. Last week, South Africa won the rights to locate about 70% of the “Square […]
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