Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
At the close of the year, we look back at some of the significant activities and construction milestones that took place on our telescope sites in Australia and South Africa. From the delivery of the first telescope parts and their transport to our Northern Cape site in South Africa to the deployment of the first antennas on Wajarri Yamaji Country in Australia, the assembly of the first SKA-Mid dish on site, the first images and fringes using SKA-Low antennas, and ongoing infrastructure and construction work in both locations, 2024 was packed with progress in the telescope host countries and beyond across the Observatory.
As we look to 2025, the SKA Observatory and our collaboration partners SARAO, a national facility of the South African National Research Foundation, and CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, continue to work hand in hand to deliver the SKA telescopes.
We recognise and acknowledge the Indigenous peoples and cultures that have traditionally lived on the lands on which our facilities are located. In Australia, we acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as the Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, the site where the SKA-Low telescope is being built. Inyarrimanha ilgari bundara means “sharing sky and stars” in the Wajarri language.
At the close of the year, we look back at some of the significant activities and construction milestones that took place on our telescope sites in Australia and South Africa. From the delivery of the first telescope parts and their transport to our Northern Cape site in South Africa to the deployment of the first antennas on Wajarri Yamaji Country in Australia, the assembly of the first SKA-Mid dish on site, the first images and fringes using SKA-Low antennas, and ongoing infrastructure and construction work in both locations, 2024 was packed with progress in the telescope host countries and beyond across the Observatory.
As we look to 2025, the SKA Observatory and our collaboration partners SARAO, a national facility of the South African National Research Foundation, and CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, continue to work hand in hand to deliver the SKA telescopes.
We recognise and acknowledge the Indigenous peoples and cultures that have traditionally lived on the lands on which our facilities are located. In Australia, we acknowledge the Wajarri Yamaji as the Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, the site where the SKA-Low telescope is being built. Inyarrimanha ilgari bundara means “sharing sky and stars” in the Wajarri language.
