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It was announced last week that
Germany will pursue full membership of
the SKA Observatory (SKAO).
The annoucement was made by German Federal Research Minister Bettina
Stark-Watzinger during a visit to the SKA-Mid telescope site in South Africa.
The visit provided the opportunity for Director of the Max Planck
Institute for Radio Astronomy Dr Michael Kramer and SKA-Mid Telescope
Director Dr Lindsay Magnus to celebrate the signing of a cooperation
agreement between the Max Planck Society and the SKAO.
The German delegation also viewed the progress with
the MeerKAT extension project that it sponsors.
Germany is currently an observer of the SKAO Council,
and during the SKAO’s pre-construction phase, Germany was involved in six
of the 11 design consortia.
The image above shows the German delegation with leaders from the SKAO and
the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory at the SKA-Mid prototype dish.
(Image credit: SARAO)
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