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- Title
Recycled dishes form telescope network.
- Authors
Nordling, Linda
- Abstract
The article focuses on the conversion of Africa's satellite dishes into radio telescopes. It states that the project was intended for boosting the skills of the scientists from Africa. It mentions that the move is in connection with Africa's hosting of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) worth 2.1 billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, it says that the satellite dishes were then the backbone of the telecommunications system of Africa.
- Subjects
AFRICA; SATELLITE dish antennas; RADIO telescopes; SCIENTISTS; TELECOMMUNICATION systems; GOVERNMENT policy; TELESCOPE design &; construction; ECONOMIC policy
- Publication
Nature, 2012, Vol 488, Issue 7413, p571
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/488571a