20 May 2018
China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) will have with a new receiver installed to boost its efficiency in surveying the sky. The 19-beam L-band receiver, first of its kind worldwide, is expected to be put into use in early June and it will increase FAST's survey speed by five to six times, according to Friday's Science and Technology Daily. The receiver was jointly developed by scientists from China and Australia. It weighs 1.2 tonnes and cost over 20 million yuan (about 3.14 million U.S. dollars).
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