SKA project participating countries officially approved the project of the construction of the radio telescope of the same name, and the builders began its construction. It will be located in Western Australia, it is planned to complete a telescope by 2028, they told the project leaders at the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Community (EAS), reports TASS.
“We waited 30 years ago Observatory SKA Philip Diamond.
According to him, last week all seven countries participating in the SKA Observatory – Australia, China, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa and the United Kingdom – officially approved plans for its construction and agreed to allocate on the construction and operation of its radio telescopes in total More than € 2 billion
Works on the territory of the Observatory Merchyson have already begun, but full-fledged construction will begin early after the signing of contracts with enterprises and scientific centers of all SKA countries.