square kilometre array (ska) network

Tasman link boosts "superscope" bid
Nov 28, 2010

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"The new radio telescope will be networked to its 12-metre counterpart and eventually will be linked to telescopes around the globe particularly in Asia and Australia. The IRASR already collaborates with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in the USA, ESA (European Space Agency), the Russian Space Agency and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)."

"KAREN's new international network went live on 15 November and provides the only research link between New Zealand and Australia."

"The new, upgraded service provides 1 Gb/s capacity to both Sydney and Los Angeles, greatly enhancing the opportunity for KAREN members to communicate and collaborate with the global research and education community.

In a taste of things to come, data from a radio telescope dish in New Zealand has been transmitted at high speed to an Australian astronomy computer centre in Perth."

"Australia and New Zealand are collaborating in a bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a vast network of radio telescope antennae that will give astronomers unprecedented data on the earliest evolution of the Universe.

The two countries' bid is up against one from southern Africa. A decision on whether the SKA will be hosted in the Australia-New Zealand region or in southern Africa will be made in 2012. Construction will begin in the second half of this decade."


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