Under the joint hosting arrangements, Australia will host the
SKA’s survey telescope and its low frequency aperture array
antennas. As part of SKA Phase one, Australia’s existing 36 dish
ASKAP survey telescope will be expanded out to 96 dishes.
Equipped with phased array feed (PAF) technology, this element
of the SKA will be able to survey large areas of the sky in
great detail. Low frequency aperture array In Phase one,
Australia will host several hundred thousand smaller ‘dipole’
antennas (each about a metre in height) which will intercept low
frequency radio waves. This array will be expanded to several
million antennas in Phase two. A flythrough simulation of the
SKA as it might appear in Australia can be found here: ASKAP and
the SKA in Australia Note: Although Australia and New Zealand
submitted a joint bid to host the SKA, no SKA infrastructure is
likely to be sited in New Zealand under the current dual site
solution. Nevertheless, New Zealand remains a member of the SKA
Organisation, and will maintain