 The
instrument is located at the P2 site on the Square Kilometer Array
South Africa (SKA-SA) reserve near the small town of Carnarvon.Deployments at the SKA-South Africa site in the Karoo desert began
with ground breaking and the deployment of 16 antennas in October
2009, continued with an increase to 32 antennas in April 2010,
followed by commissioning and observing in May 2010.The array was expanded again in July 2011
to 64 elements.