Useful links

South Africa is shortlisted to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the most powerful radio telescope ever. South Africa is building an SKA technology pathfinder telescope, the Karoo Array Telescope (known as MeerKAT).

Links to more information

International SKA Steering Committee
Memorandum of Understanding to establish the International SKA Steering Committee
Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
Square Kilometre Array Design Studies (SKADS)
SKA Newsletter

South African astronomical links

CSIR Satellite Applications Centre (SAC)
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO)
Hermanus Magnetic Observatory (HMO)
High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS)
Institute for Satellite & Software Applications (ISSA)
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)
Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
South African space portal

South African Science Councils

Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA)
Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
Council for Geoscience (CGO)
Council for Mineral Technology (Mintek)
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
National Research Foundation (NRF)
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)

South African Government Departments

Department of Science and Technology
Department of Trade and Industry

Other SKA sites

Argentina SKA
Australasian SKA Consortium (ASKAC)
Chinese Large Radio Telescope
European SKA Consortium
India SKA
National Research Council of Canada SKA
Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy SKA
United Kingdom SKA
United States SKA Consortium