SKA Designs ("compliance" matrix)
| Level 1 Science | Strawman | KARST | TILES | PRELOADED | LENSES | CYLINDERS | LNSD | LAR |
| 1:Galactic HI | YES | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| 1:Galactic NT+B | YES | MAYBE | NO | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| 2:Transients | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES |
| 2:Pulsars | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES |
| 2:SETI | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES |
| 3:EOR | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE |
| 4:HI/LSS | YES | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| 4:Continuum surveys | YES | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| 4:CO surveys | YES | MAYBE | NO | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES |
| 5:Hi-z AGN | YES | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| 5:Inner AGN | MAYBE | NO | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES | MAYBE |
| 6:Protoplanetary systems | MAYBE | NO | NO | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES |
| 7:CMEs | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE |
| 7:SS Bodies | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES |
| 8:IGM non thermal | YES | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| 8:IGM thermal | MAYBE | NO | NO | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES |
| 9:Spacecraft Tracking | MAYBE | MAYBE | NO | MAYBE | MAYBE | MAYBE | YES | MAYBE |
| 9:Geodesy | MAYBE | NO | NO | MAYBE | YES | YES | YES | YES |