Italian consortium to build world’s largest optical telescope

Mike Hayes

31 May 2016

An artist’s impression of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), set to operate in Chile's Atacama Desert

A consortium led by Italian construction firm Astaldi has been awarded the contract to build the world’s largest optical telescope.

The ACe consortium comprises two Italian companies – Astaldi (60% share) and Cimolai…

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