Introducing SKA
The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will be a multi-purose interferometer with capability to detect radio waves using dishes and other antennas, called aperture arrays, using a collecting area of 1 million square metres, distributed over a distance of at least 3000 km.
The SKA will be one of the key net generation instruments, with potential for fundamental breakthroughs in Radioastronomy, and, at the same time, will drive technological development in other areas of social impact, such as high-speed data distribution, massive data processing, or in the generation, storage and distribution of renewable energy, among others (see the article in El Pais)
The SKA is one of the highlighted large infrastructures included in the European Strategy Forum on Reaserch Infraestructure (ESFRI).
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