by Speedinet | Sep 4, 2023 | Alphawave Group, EMSS Antennas, MeerKAT, News, Science, Sections, SKA, SKA Organisation, SKAO, Square Kilometre Array
Stellenbosch-based engineers have received a R200-million contract to produce 60 receivers for the SKA radio telescope. by admin | Sep 3, 2023 | astronomy, cosmology, MeerKAT, News, SKAO, South Africa, space, Space News, The Conversation
Something remarkable is happening in a remote part of South Africa’s Northern Cape province, in a semi-desert area called the Karoo. In the past 15 years 64 radio receiving dishes have appeared on the landscape. These constitute the MeerKAT telescope, a precursor to...