Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project?

1. It is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope.

2. It helps survey the entire sky much faster than any system currently in existence.

3. The radio telescope antenna dishes will locate across southern European countries.

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The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, with eventually over a square kilometre (one million square metres) of collecting area.

• The SKA will eventually use thousands of dishes and up to a million low-frequency antennas that will enable astronomers to monitor the sky in unprecedented detail and survey the entire sky much faster than any system currently in existence.
• Thousands of SKA antenna dishes will be built in South Africa (in the Karoo), with outstations in other parts of South Africa, as well as in eight African partner countries.

By: Deepak Thakur