This document summarizes the history and development of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in China. It discusses: 1) The origins and formation of the FAST concept in the 1990s with early technology demonstrations and feasibility studies. 2) Key technology research and demonstrations in the 2000s to prove the viability of FAST, including the active reflector system and cable-driven feed support structure. 3) The construction and commissioning of FAST from 2008-2019, which included overcoming challenges during the 5.5 year building process. 4) The science capabilities of FAST such as its ability to detect thousands of new pulsars and galaxies, marking the start of

1. Long March of FAST Dreamers
Bo Peng @ FAST Project
IAU XXXth GA, Vienna, Austria
Aug.24 2018
FAST 追梦者的 征长

2. Outlines
1 The FAST Concept
FAST 概念形成
2 Key Technology and Demonstration
关键技术预研
3 FAST Construction & Commissioning
工程建设和调试
4 Science Capacity & Concluding Remarks
科学愿景 & 结束语

3. Outlines
1 The FAST Concept
FAST 概念形成
2 Key Technology and Demonstration
关键技术预研
3 FAST Construction & Commissioning
工程建设和调试
4 Science Capacity & Concluding Remarks
科学愿景 & 结束语

4. 4
Unique Karst depression 喀斯特洼地台址
Active main reflector 主动反射面
Cable - parallel robot feed support 馈源柔索驱动
Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
Kilometre-square
Area
Radio
Synthesis
Telescope
Reflecoor
Feed and Receiver
Pointing & Tracking

5. Large Telescope Working Group (LTWG)
International SKA Steering Committee (ISSC)

6. 花溪筑梦 :LTWG-3 Meeting 1995
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勃
邱
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吴
盛
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跃
平
段
宝
岩

7. Feed Driven by Cables ： 1995
馈源指向跟踪
清华
2001
西电西电 3/63/6 塔，塔，清华清华 6/4/66/4/6 ，，北理工北理工 StewardSteward 平平
台，台，中科院力学所，国家天文台中科院力学所，国家天文台 中德仿真中德仿真
Duan, Zhao,
Wang&Xu,1995

8. Reflector deformed by actuators
北京天文台北京天文台
同济大学同济大学
南京天光所南京天光所
北航北航
清华大学清华大学
哈工大哈工大
国家天文台国家天文台
Qiu Y., 1998
Nan, Ren, Zhu, Lu, 2004

9. 皇家天文学会 FAST 概念问世 1998

10. Outlines
1 The FAST Concept
FAST 概念形成
2 Key Technology and Demonstration
关键技术预研
3 FAST Construction & Commissioning
工程建设和调试
4 Science Capacity & Concluding Remarks
科学愿景 & 结束语

11. 11
Site
Active reflector
Feed support
Measurements
Receiver
2 Key Technology and Feasibility

12. LT/FAST Site Survey ： Guizhou
1994
1994
2005
1994
77 位位省委书省委书
记记
九位九位省长省长

13. 13
Site
Active reflector
Feed support
Measurements
Receiver
2 Key Technology and Feasibility

14. Feed Pointing and
Tracking （ 1/2 ）

15. 15
清华 4 塔
Focus Cabin driven by cables
清华并联机器人
西电 6
清华 20 米
西电 50 米
北理工机器人

16. HI detection on Sept.6 2006 @ MyFAST
Demonstration and Funding Approval
• R ～ 300m,D ～ 500m, Deff=300m
• Maxi zenith angle 40°
• Freq. 70MHz-3GHz up to X-band
• Sensitivity 2000 ㎡ /K
• Resolution 2.9’;
• Multibeam 19
NDRC Approval on FAST Funding
Proposal on July 10 2007
International Review and
Advisory 2006

17. Outlines
1 The FAST Concept
FAST 概念形成
2 Key Technology and Demonstration
关键技术预研
3 FAST Construction & Commissioning
工程建设和调试
4 Science Capacity & Concluding Remarks
科学愿景 & 结束语

18. Dawodang YesterdayDawodang Yesterday
Dawodang DamageDawodang Damage
Foundation laid+ Site EngineeringFoundation laid+ Site Engineering
FAST Break Ground
on Dec. 26 2008

19. Construction snapshot 2013—2015
Optic cable: repeat bending
and twisting >100 k times
100x longer live than standard
Fiber additional
attenuation<0.05dB
4x better than standard
Focus cabin
Cable-mesh net

20. 20
5.5 年 建设历程 2.5 分钟

21. Arecibo
300m
500m FAST
FAST S/N = 73.5
Arecibo S/N = 8.7
June 2017 ， drift scan,52s
， 270-810 MHz
PALFA Survey
July 2015
J1952+30, unpublished
260s ， L
Band
PSR J1952+30
Verification andCommissioning 2017

22. Outlines
1 The FAST Concept
FAST 概念形成
2 Key Technology and Demonstration
关键技术预研
3 FAST Construction & Commissioning
工程建设和调试
4 Science Capacity & Concluding Remarks
科学愿景 & 结束语

23. FAST Capacity: Giant Dish cook Wine
Everybody on the Earth > 2.5 !=

24. FAST Science CapacityFAST Science Capacity
New Pulsars ~5000 ! in a year
HI galaxies~300,000 !
45/59 New Pulsars45/59 New Pulsars

25. Livingston curve
无中生有、敢为天下先，风雨兼程、走出梦中路
从“从“ Copy”Copy” 到“到“ Lead”Lead” 的“的“ great Leap”great Leap”

26. 河南绘聚测绘有限公司河南绘聚测绘有限公司
北京万云科技开发有限公司北京万云科技开发有限公司
Construction Companies& Institutes
19 Beams in Lab.
实验室 19 波束接收
机
19 Beams on Cabin
多波束接收机安装

27. FAST Project Tem@NAOC
状况团队状况团队 104
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系统总工：台基 ) 朱博勤、反射面 ) 王启明、馈源支撑）朱文白、测控）朱丽春、接收机）金乘
进

28. Kilometre-square
Area
Radio
Synthesis
Telescope
1993 Co-initiator of LT at URSI
1994 Site Survey and first RFI measurements
1995 LTWG-3 Guizhou and LTPC established
1996 Engineering Concept KARST finalized
1997 FAST Concept forming
1998 FAST Finalized/Announced in UK
1999 Experiments funded by Innovation Project
2000 FAST funding proposal to the MOST
2006 Site Selection + Int’l Advisory Review
2007 Funding Approval
2008 Feasibility Study Report Acceptance
2009 Preliminary Design Review Acceptance
2011 FAST Construction Clock on
2016 Inauguration with FAST First Light
2019 Operation Acceptance by NDRC
2020 50 yrs’ discovery trip to Nobel Prizes
Long March to FAST Creation
Prof. Gorden’s recalls
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