CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA)

The CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA) Project has been established to build and implement the archive at the Pawsey Centre and build the data transfer infrastructure required between MRO and Pawsey.

The rates of data arriving at the Pawsey Centre are approximately 2.5 Gigabytes (GB) per second, equivalent to 75 Petabytes (PB) per year - hence the need for archiving.

The best way to get a return on investment for this huge investment was to make the data open. Open data is crucial to getting the best science from your telescope - both original and derived science.