{"id":80905,"date":"2021-02-06T18:26:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T12:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=80905"},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:44:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T07:14:28","slug":"square-kilometre-array-observatoryskao-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/square-kilometre-array-observatoryskao-project\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Square Kilometre Array&#8221; (SKA) Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council held its first meeting recently. <\/strong>In that, the member countries approved the establishment of Square Kilometre Array (SKA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an international effort to build the world\u2019s largest radio telescope. It is not a single telescope. It consists of an array of antennas strategically designed and set up in South Africa and Australia.\n<ul>\n<li><b>South Africa \u2013 <\/b>host high and mid-frequency dish antennas<\/li>\n<li><b>Australia \u2013 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low-frequency antennas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim: <\/strong>To allow astronomers to look deeper into the universe and unravel secrets about its evolution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Goals<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>To study the universe and its evolution, origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism and dark energy and evolution of galaxies.<\/li>\n<li>To detect very weak extra-terrestrial signals and search for molecules that support life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member Countries: <\/strong>South Africa, Australia, UK, Canada, China, France, Germany, <strong>India<\/strong>, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Note: <\/strong>India\u2019s SKA membership is currently under review with India\u2019s Department of Atomic Energy(DAE) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) and is expected to be completed sometime this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>SKAO is a new intergovernmental organisation dedicated to radio astronomy<\/li>\n<li>The operation, maintenance and construction of SKA will be overseen by Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters: <\/strong>\u00a0The SKAO is headquartered in the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s Participation: <\/strong>India is participating in the project through the DAE and the DST.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apart from that, the Pune-based TIFR-National Centre for Radio Astrophysics leads a team of researchers from different Indian institutes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s Contributions:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indian team was among the first to submit and get the design approval of a highly sophisticated Telescope Manager (TM). The TM is also nicknamed as the \u201c<strong>nervous system<\/strong>\u201d of the SKA observatory.<\/li>\n<li>The Indian team has been chosen to lead the construction of the TM system which will be responsible for end-to-end operations of SKAO.<\/li>\n<li>India will also contribute towards building digital hardware for the SKA low-frequency receiver systems. India also builds the digital hardware of some parts of the mid-frequency telescopes in SKA. Apart from that, India is also producing some parts of the data processing units.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/square-kilometre-observatory-telescope-skao-7176575\/\"><strong>Indian Express<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? \u00a0The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council held its first meeting recently. In that, the member countries approved the establishment of Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Facts: \u00a0Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project: It is an international effort to build the world\u2019s largest radio telescope. It is not a single telescope. 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