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Project : LOW FREQUENCY ARRAY (LOFAR) RADIO TELESCOPE
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Industrial
Laboratories, Research buildings & Observatories, Tracking stations, Launching facilities
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Estimated Project Value
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200,000,000
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Address
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Preferred site is at Mileura Station approx 100 km from Meekatharra towards Shark Bay, within Shire of
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Suburb
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Murchison
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State
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WA
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Council
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Murchison
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Postcode
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6630
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Project Type
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Radio Telescope
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Development Type
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New
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Status
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Abandoned
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Stage
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Site Acquisition
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Ownership
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Federal
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Notes
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Funding Withdrawn Project Abandoned
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Commence Date
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2/5/2006
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Completion Date
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7/11/2008
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Details
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It was proposed to develop Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, which would capture weak radio signals from space.
- This information was to enable scientists to study evolution of Universe in nearby stars & galaxies.
- LOFAR was to be serene telescope with no moving parts & was to be network of small, stationary antennas that would be dotted in groups across about 400 km in radius & all linked by optic-fibre cable.
- LOFAR radio telescope is designed to be operative in approximate frequency range of 30 200 MHZ & is low frequency complement to Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope, which is designed to cover range 150 MHZ to above 10 GHZ.
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Proponents of this project were five scientists representing an international consortium.
- Sites in USA (San Augustin in New Mexico) & Netherlands (Border-Odoorn region) were considered, but preferred was at Mileura Station in Mid West region as it had advantage of having very low level background radio signals.
- Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy has now abandoned consortium as Foundation was not prepared to contribute towards project being constructed outside Netherlands.
- Construction had been expected to commence in 2006.
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