Note that the actual collecting area will be 4072 square meters [1]. 12 out of 36 antennas are currently working. That's roughly 31 Kbps per square millimeter.

Note that the actual collecting area will be 4072 square meters [1]. 12 out of 36 antennas are currently working. That's roughly 31 Kbps per square millimeter. Or 1 bit per second per 33 square microns. [1] http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/askap/specs.html http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/askap/specs.html