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On May 22nd 2010, the dish of the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) has been lifted and mounted on its final structure. The Sardinia Radio Telescope is a 64-m dish of the INAF/Cagliari Astronomical Observatory. It will be used in single dish mode for a wide range of astronomical observations, as well as VLBI antenna for the European VLBI Network.

On 4 may the RadioNet board visited Sardinia for it's second board meeting. On may 5th the currently constructed 64-metre radio telescope was visited.

 

The Panoramic Radio Astronomy (PRA) conference was held in Groningen (the Netherlands) on 2-5 June 2009. It focused in particular on the following upcoming facilities: Aperture Tile In Focus (APERTIF), the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP), the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA), and the Karoo Array Telescope (MeerKAT)

Recently, the Shangai Observatory (SHAO) has asked to join RadioNet. The RadioNet board has agreed and legal actions are prepared so that SHAO will become an official RadioNet member in the coming months.

RadioNet FP7, coordinated by ASTRON, was present at the IAU`s XXVII GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

 

Early August the Grant Agreement arrived at ASTRON. Both the EC and ASTRON have officially signed the Grant Agreement.

The European radio astronomy programme, RadioNet, started end of March with a kick off meeting near Schiphol. The program has been awarded 10 Million Euro by the European Commission under the Seventh European Framework Programme (FP7). 

The European radio astronomy programme, RadioNet, has been awarded 10 Million Euro by the European Commission under the Seventh European Framework Programme (FP7).