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The "Telescope Manager" consortium is designing the hardware and software necessary to control the telescope and associated infrastructure. The Telescope Manager consortium is led by the Indian National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA).
For more information about the Telescope Manager consortium, please visit the Telescope Manager consortium page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
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The "Central Signal Processor" consortium is designing the hardware and software necessary for providing radio signals from space to the supercomputer. The Central Signal Processor consortium is led by the National Research Council of Canada.
For more information about the Central Signal Processor consortium, please visit the Central Signal Processor consortium page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
Australia:
International:
- National Research Council of Canada, Canada (NRC), Canada
- Canadian Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), Canada
- MDA Systems Ltd, Canada
- Key Lab of Aperture Array and Space Application (KLAASA), China
- Max Plank Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPifRA), Germany
- National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), India
- National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy
- SELEX Electronic Systems, Italy
- University of Malta, Malta
- Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), The Netherlands
- Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE), The Netherlands
- Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC), The Netherlands
- AUT University, New Zealand
- Massey University, New Zealand
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Compucon New Zealand, New Zealand
- Open Parallel Ltd, New Zealand
- SKA South Africa, South Africa
- Reutech Radar Systems (A Division of Reutech Limited), South Africa
- Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Defensa de España (ISDEFE), Spain
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain
- IBM Zurich, Switzerland
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK
- University of Manchester, UK
- University of Oxford, UK
- Adaptative Array Systems Limited, UK
- NVIDIA, USA
- NASA JPL, USA
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The "Signal and Data Transport" consortium is designing the hardware and software necessary for transmitting data between all the parts of the SKA. The Signal and Data Transport consortium is led by the University of Manchester.
For more information about the Signal and Data Transport consortium, please visit the Signal and Data Transport consortium page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
Australia:
International:
- Tsinghua University/ Peking University, China
- National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) / Tata Consulting, India
- Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), The Netherlands
- Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE), The Netherlands
- Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Portugal
- SKA South Africa, South Africa
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), South Africa
- Meraka Institute (CSIR), South Africa
- EM Software and Systems (EMSS), South Africa
- University of Granada, Spain
- University of Manchester, UK, UK
- National Physical Laboratory (NPL), UK
- DANTE, UK
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The "Science Data Processor" consortium is designing the hardware and software necessary for interpreting the astronomical data from the telescope. The Science Data Processor consortium is led by the University of Cambridge.
For more information about the Science Data Processor consortium, please visit the Science Data Processor consortium page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
Australia:
International:
- Canadian Universities Collaboration, Canada
- Centre for High Performance Computing, South Africa
- Chinese Universities Collaboration, China
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (JUELICH), Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPifRA), Germany
- Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC), Canada
- Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), The Netherlands
- New Zealand Alliance (NZA), New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Spain
- SKA South Africa, South Africa
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK
- University of Manchester, UK
- University of Cambridge, UK
- University of Oxford, UK
- University College of London, UK
- University of Southampton, UK
- Observatoire de Paris (Station de Radioastronomie de Nancay), France
- Portuguese ENGAGE SKA Consortium, Portugal
- Universite d'Orleans, France
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The "Dish" consortium is designing the dish antennas. The Dish consortium is led by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
For more information about the Dish consortium, please visit the Dish consortium page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
Australia:
International:
- National Research Council, Canada
- Joint Laboratory for Radio Astronomy Technology (JLRAT), China
- Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPifRA), Germany
- Vertex Antennentechnik, Germany
- IAF Fraunhofer, Germany
- National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF), Italy
- European Industrial Engineering (EIE), Italy
- Società Aerospaziale Mediterranea (SAM), Italy
- University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
- SKA South Africa, South Africa
- EM Software and Systems (EMSS), South Africa
- Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
- Unversidad de Cantebria, Spain
- Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Spain
- Chalmers University/Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden
- Omnisys Instruments AB, Sweden
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The "Mid-frequency Aperture Array" consortium is designing the mid-frequency antennas and telescope. The Mid-frequency Aperture Array consortium is led by ASTRON.
For more information about the Mid-frequency Aperture Array consortium, please visit the Mid-frequency Aperture Array consortium page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
International:
- Key Lab of Aperture Array and Space Application (KLAASA) , China
- University of Bordeaux, France
- Paris/Nançay Observatory, France
- University of Malta, Malta
- Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Netherlands
- Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Portugal
- SKA South Africa, South Africa
- University of Cambridge, UK
- University of Manchester , UK
- University of Oxford, UK
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The "Low-Frequency Aperture Array" consortium is designing the low-frequency antennas and telescope. The Low-Frequency Aperture Array consortium is led by ASTRON.
Australia:
- Key Lab Aperture Array and Space Application (KLAASA), China
- German Long Wave Consortium (GLOW), Germany
- National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy
- University of Malta, Malta
- Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), The Netherlands
- Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE), The Netherlands
- University of Cambridge, UK
- University of Manchester, UK
- University of Oxford, UK
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
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The "Assembly Integration and Verification" consortium is preparing activities at the remote sites to incorporate existing infrastructure (such as the existing ASKAP telescope) into the newly-built SKA telescope. The Assembly Integration and Verification consortium is led by SKA Africa.
For more information about the Assembly Integration and Verification consortium, please visit the Assembly Integration and Verification consortium page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
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The "Infrastructure Australia" consortium is designing and costing critical SKA infrastructure in Australia. The Infrastructure Australia consortium is led by CSIRO.
For more information about the Infrastructure Australia consortium, please visit the Infrastructure consortia page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
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The "Infrastructure South Africa" consortium is designing and costing critical SKA infrastructure in South Africa. The Infrastructure South Africa consortium is led by SKA South Africa.
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The "Wide Band Single Pixel Feeds" consortium is developing a broad spectrum single pixel feed for the SKA. The Wideband Single Pixel Feeds consortium is led by Chalmers University.
For more information about the Wideband Single Pixel Feeds consortium, please visit the Wideband Single Pixel Feeds consortium page on the SKA Organisation homepage.
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