World's largest solar telescope array officially completed(1/2)

A view of the Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope (DSRT) in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 27, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junwei)

The world's largest synthesis aperture radio telescopes passed key testing on Wednesday. It is a landmark equipment of China's space environment ground-base comprehensive monitoring network (phase-2 Meridian Project)

The DSRT consists of 313 dishes, each with a diameter of 6 meters, forming a circle with a circumference of 3.14 kilometers. A 100-meter-high calibration tower stands in the center of the ring.

A view of the Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope (DSRT) in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 27, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junwei)