The China Square Kilometre Array (SKA) team recently completed the first SKA regional centre prototype, marking an important leap forward towards a future large-scale deployment, explain Tao An, Xiang-Ping Wu and Xiaoyu Hong.
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An, T., Wu, XP. & Hong, X. SKA data take centre stage in China. Nat Astron 3, 1030 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0943-4
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