World’s biggest telescope project takes crucial step forward as it forms company to run project 23 November 2011, London, UK – Seven national governmental and research organisations today announced the formation of the SKA Organisation, an independent, not-for-profit company established … Read more

10th November 2011, Manchester, UK – The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project is very pleased to announce that Dr Michiel van Haarlem is to be appointed Interim Director General of the new SKA organisation currently in the final stages … Read more

7th October 2011, Jodrell Bank, UK – HRH The Duke of York visited Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Manchester in the UK on Friday. The Observatory was chosen in April this year to be the location for the SKA Project Office. … Read more

The KAT-7 telescope, a prototype for the MeerKAT radio telescope array being built by the SKA South Africa team on the Karoo Astronomy Reserve, has achieved a major milestone. All seven of the dishes have now been successfully fitted with … Read more

6 July 2011, Banff, Canada – The Founding Board of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project today reported at the SKA Forum 2011 that significant progress was made when the process and timeline for selection of the host site … Read more

A working optical fibre link has been commissioned between CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope in Western Australia, and other radio telescopes across Australia and New Zealand. Find out more:www.csiro.au/news/Big-step-forward-for-SKA.html

6 July 2011, Banff, Canada – The Square Kilometre Array Program Development Office (SPDO), headquarters of the SKA radio telescope project, has signed a non binding Statement of Mutual Interest (SoMI) with Cisco. The SoMI offers a framework in which … Read more

10 May 2011 – The Australian Government has announced the provision of $40.2 million over four years to support the Australian-New Zealand bid to host the Square Kilometre Array. View press release

Steps crucial for realisation of world’s biggest radio telescope project 2 April 2011, Rome, Italy – Nine national governmental and research organisations have today established a Founding Board for the global Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Australia, China, France, Germany, … Read more

31 March 2011 Manchester, UK The Square Kilometre Array project launches brand new website. Designed to convey the exciting and inspirational nature of the SKA telescope, the new website gives a clear overview of the science aims and technological challenges … Read more