Construction of powerful ASKAP telescope on ‘home stretch’

The ASKAP Telescope

Construction of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope is on the “home straight” with the project expected be fully operational within 12 months.

Located in the heart of the Murchison, about 350 kilometres northeast of Geraldton, the telescope is made up of 36 identical 12-metre wide dish antennas, with a third of them currently operational.

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