ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins63% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 63%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 269 daysSKAO's[1] own science-operations timeline puts SKA-Low's AA2 Science Verification at 2027, and the observatory has said verification is offered with AA2 in the first half of that year; with no day announced the pin takes the end of the stated window.
The SKA's low-frequency telescope in Western Australia reaches its AA2 array assembly in 2027, the stage at which science verification observations begin.
