Tag: SKA
Peralex passive radar system up and running at Square Kilometre Array...
Peralex has installed two passive radar stations in the Northern Cape to monitor air traffic for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope in...
Hiconnex reaches for the stars
Interconnect system specialist Hiconnex is literally reaching for the stars and supplying components for several locally built satellites that have been launched into space.
Hiconnex...
SA debuts MeerKAT radio telescope
South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope was officially launched this morning.
Made up of 64 dishes, each 13.5m in diameter, the MeerKAT array is...
MeerKAT radio telescope named National Key Point
The MeerKAT radio telescope, a major component of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), has been added to the list of South Africa's...
Ghana and South Africa mark first success in African radio telescope...
A communications antenna in Ghana has been converted from being a redundant telecoms instrument into a functioning very long baseline interferometry (VLBI)...
Old Crows meet at Aardvark Roost
The names of the organisations may sound peculiar, but their members are technically talented and the results of their endeavours are a...
MeerKAT foundations complete
The 64th and final foundation for the MeerKAT telescope antenna was poured on Tuesday at South Africa's SKA site in the Karoo....
SKA training a ‘world first’
Seven Ghanaians have arrived in South Africa to begin training on the independent operation and maintenance of radio telescopes in Africa.
This is...
New SA radio telescope to shed light on the earliest moments...
Astronomers at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) west of Johannesburg are working on a new radio telescope that will shed new...
SKA pre-construction RfPs issued
The International SKA Organisation Project Office issued a request for proposals (RfP) earlier this month for the SKA pre-construction phase.
The RfP is...
Tackling the SKA Big Data challenge
The data that will flow into the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope when it is fully operational poses its own set...
What South Africa’s SKA victory really means
It's always so refreshing to see government departments working hand-in-hand to achieve common goals.
The Department of Communications recently held the inaugural ICT...
SA welcomes SKA decision
South Africa has been awarded the lion's share of the internationally-funded €1.5 billion (R15.6 billion) Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project....
SA recommended for SKA?
South Africa was the host site recommended for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope by the SKA Site Advisory Committee, according to...
IBM, SKA SA tackle space data
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa project plans to explore space using data analytics, in collaboration with IBM.
The project office said...
SA, China collaborate on astronomy
SA foresees increasing collaboration between Chinese and local astronomers and scientists in the face of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope.
SA is...
SKA board to deliberate on project site in April
The fourth of April this year is a red-letter day on South Africa's investment calendar. It is the date on which international...
South Africa desert town battles for radio telescope
The occasional sheep seeks respite from a sun that has scorched rocks black in this semi-desert region that South Africa hopes will...
SKA gets additional €69 million
Seven national governmental and research organisations today announced the formation of the SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Organisation that will run the €1.5...
Pandor outlines steps to enhance South Africa’s investment in astronomy
South Africa needs a national astronomy agency, whose main function would be to bring all astronomy activities under a single umbrella body....
Statement: DST: SA-Mauritius colaboration on SKA
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE FROM THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SOUTH AFRICA AND MINISTRY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION, SCIENCE, RESEARCH...
South Africa submits final bid to host Square Kilometre Array radio...
South Africa yesterday submitted its final bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. The SKA committee will early next year...
KAT-7 antennas completed and producing images
The prototype for the MeerKAT radio telescope, KAT-7, has reached a major milestone with the successful completion of all the telescope antennas.
The...
MeerKAT aces review
SA's demonstrator telescope for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), MeerKAT, passed its first design review with flying colours, says a panel of...
South Africa’s SKA advantage removed
South Africa and Australia are neck-and-neck in the bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope after the cost metric, which...
South African space agency not a US leftover
The establishment of the SA National Space Agency (Sansa) is not an attempt to pick up where the US left off, says...
South African space agency not a US leftover
The establishment of the SA National Space Agency (Sansa) is not an attempt to pick up where the US left off, says...
SA committed to SKA
South Africa is committed to hosting the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), says Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor. Speaking at an SKA...
Statement: Square Kilometre Array telescope unveils site selection process
The Founding Board of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project today reported at the SKA Forum 2011 that significant progress was...
HartRAO 50
South Africa's US-built Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) has turned 50. The 26m-diameter radio telescope, built with some haste in early 1961,...
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Statement: South Africa promotes the Africa Square Kilometre Array (SKA) bid at World Conference of Science Journalists
South Africa is already displaying...
DST hails MeerKAT success
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has hailed the first interferometric image created by four of the BAE Systems-built 12-metre radio...
MeerKAT precursor achieves major milestones
MeerKAT, the world-class radio telescope being built by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) in...
SA well placed to win SKA bid: Pandor
South Africa stands a good chance of beating Australia in the race to host the world's most powerful radio telescope. An international...
MPA complete
Construction of the MeerKAT Precursor Array (MPA) in the Groot Karoo has been completed with the successful assembly of the final dish,...
Africa ready for the SKA
Africa is ready to host the 3000 to 5000-dish 1.5 billion euro (R160 billion) Square Kilometre Array radio telescope, a meeting of...
Science imminent at Klerefontein
Astronomy will soon get underway at Klerefontein in the Groot Karoo where the first two 12-metre 4.5mt MeerKAT Precursor Array (MPA) dishes...
Salt in the wound?
Telkom is asking R36 million, more than three times the budgeted figure, to complete the link between Sutherland and Cape Town for...
DST boosts space and ancillary research
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has announced five new research chairs at universities worth R240 million over 15 years to...
