CHONGQING: The first batch of China’s medium-frequency antennas for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) has been shipped to South Africa, marking a major step for the construction of the world’s largest radio telescope array.
The SKA is a network of thousands of radio antennas of various types and sizes located at several locations in Australia and Africa. The project is jointly financed, built and operated by more than 10 countries. It will feature greater sensitivity and survey speed than any other array of radio instruments yet developed.
As one of the seven founding members of the international major science project and a signatory to the SKA Observatory Convention signed in 2019, China is responsible for the design, manufacture, transportation, integration and commissioning of 64 SKA medium-frequency antenna arrays. The phase of serial production of the antenna structure begins with the delivery.
The completed array is expected to help humanity understand the origin of the universe and contribute to research into the evolution of galaxies.
