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- Dec 31, 202950% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
SKA-Mid Opens Science Verification at AA2
- SKAO's SKA-Mid timeline sets AA2, and with it the start of Science Verification, at 2029, with AA* in 2031 and Cycle 0 after that[1]
- AA2 for SKA-Mid supports both sidereal and non-sidereal tracking, single pointing, a 40-channel maximum and observations capped at 4 hours[1]
- SKA-Mid is built in the Karoo in South Africa's Northern Cape, around and incorporating the existing MeerKAT dishes[3]
- Its Australian counterpart SKA-Low reaches the same AA2 stage two years earlier, in 2027[2]
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- [1]50%skao.int/sites/default/files/documents/Sciops_timeline_mid_ppt.pdfskao.int· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2029 ✓· 33% of score
SKAO's[2] own SKA-Mid science-operations timeline places AA2 and the start of Science Verification at 2029, with AA* following in 2031. Only the year is given, so the pin takes the last day of 2029.
- [2]85%SKA-Low science operations timeline (SKAO)skao.int· Added Sep 21, 2026· 33% of score
The companion SKAO[1] timeline for SKA-Low, which dates the matching AA2 stage two years earlier; read as a PDF in this run.
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