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Africa: First Ever Meerkat Rises From the Desert
SAnews.gov.za, 28 March 2014
The first of the 64 antennas of the MeerKAT telescope, the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, and a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array… Read more »
Africa Reaches Through the Skies
South Africa has launched the first of 64 antennas that will make up the MeerKAT radio telescope, the country's precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), planned to be the world's biggest radio telescope project. Countries as far away as Ghana, Kenya and Mauritius are also set to be drawn into the construction of the SKA to enable it look back millions of years in time.Video
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5 March 2014
Africa Builds the World's Largest Radio Telescope (SKA)
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A film on SKA, South Africa's bid to become a world leader in astronomy, while boosting Africa's knowledge economy. see more »
Under construction, the first of 64 antennas that will make up South Africa's new radio telescope, the MeerKAT.
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