DRAFT ABSTRACT
MeerKAT became an operational instrument in March 2018, and was formally inaugurated four months later. It has already done some important scientific observations and several papers have been published.
Although MeerKAT is a working telescope, its full capabilities are still being constructed and integrated by the engineering and commissioning teams. Many technical and...
- How is the allocation of telescope/antenna 'possession' to engineering functions (maintenance, repair, upgrade) versus observing done at the JVLA, and how has this changed over the evolution of the telescope?
- How many staff are involved in maintenance and repair as opposed to development/upgrade?
- What is the ratio of routine maintenance downtime to repair downtime currently on the JVLA,...
The feed indexer was designed and manufactured in Italy for both dish prototypes installed in China (SKA-P) and South Africa (SKA-MPI). A third prototype was developed and verified at the SAM plants in order to improve their electromechanical performances and to speed the mass production. Tools for rapid-testing and a rotation and elevation control system based on open source real-time...
