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The Cherenkov Telescope Array is the next major project in astroparticle physics. Scientists intend to measure high-energy gamma rays from space, using a field of up to ten square kilometers, with up to 100 reflector telescopes, in the southern hemisphere, and a smaller field of around 25 telescopes in the northern hemisphere In order to test the mechanical structure, the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich a prototype of a LST (Large Size Telescope) on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands.

MERO-TSK was responsible for the development, construction, and installation of a telescope weighing only 100 tons, with a mirror diameter of 23 m and a total height of 46 m. To meet the requirements for a fast alignment of the telescope, MERO-TSK, in cooperation with MPP Munich, developed an ultralight structure consisting of steel, aluminium, and carbon beams.