SKA SA

Square Kilometre Array South Africa (SKA SA) is part of the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), which spearheads South Africa’s activities in the SKA in engineering, science and construction.

SARAO is a National Facility managed by the National Research Foundation and incorporates radio astronomy instruments and programmes such as the MeerKAT and KAT-7 telescopes in the Karoo, the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) in the North West province, the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry (AVN) programme in nine African countries as well as the associated human capital development and commercialisation endeavours.