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ASKAP & SKA News for Australian Industry

CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science

 

4 February 2010

  

 

Dear SKA friends and colleagues

UPDATE – Fibre optic tender, Geraldton to MRO
I am pleased to alert you that you can now register your interest in the tender for construction of fibre optic cable between Geraldton and the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. The tender will officially open on Monday 15 February 2010. More details are available below.

As always, please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about CSIRO's ASKAP and SKA industry engagement activity.

Best wishes

Carole Jackson
Business Development Manager
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
 

Register Your Interest in Fibre Optic Tender

The tender for the construction of fibre optic cable between Geraldton and the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory will be released by AARNet (the Australian National Research and Education Network), acting as managing agent for CSIRO, on Monday 15 February 2010.

This fibre will form essential infrastructure connecting ASKAP to CSIRO and our research partners in Australia and around the world.

A notice has today been placed on the AusTender website (ATM ID: AARNET Tender) and an advertisement relating to the tender will appear in the tender section of The Australian newspaper on Saturday 13 February 2010.

From today you are able to register your interest in the tender by emailing AARNet at tenders@aarnet.edu.au. Once you register your interest, AARNet will keep you updated on the release of the tender documentation.

If you have questions regarding the tender, please do not contact CSIRO but email AARNet at tenders@aarnet.edu.au.

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Artist's impression of ASKAP antennas. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, design data provided by CSIRO.

Quick Links

CSIRO ASKAP website
Australia and NZ SKA bid website
Australian SKA Industry Consortium
SKA Program Development Office

What is ASKAP?

The Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) will be a next-generation radio telescope located in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Made up of 36 antennas, it will enable astronomers to answer questions such as how galaxies form and evolve. It will also demonstrate new technologies that could be used in the future Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project. ASKAP is led by the CSIRO in collaboration with other Australian and international colleagues.

What is the SKA?

A global, mega-science project, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the world's most powerful centimetre-wave radio telescope. It will consist of a vast array of antennas spread across large distances and will be used to explore the origins of the Universe. Australia and New Zealand, along with Southern Africa, have been shortlisted as possible locations for the SKA. A decision on its location is expected in 2012.

 

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CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
Phone: +61 2 9372 4407 - Email: carole.jackson@csiro.au