| | 1 | = Schedule = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | == Near-future milestones == |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | - 2018-12-20 - Primary mirror back on telescope |
| | 6 | - 2019-01-17 - FVC install |
| | 7 | - 2019-01-28 - CEA and Pat Jelinsky traveling to KPNO to install cryos (3 weeks) |
| | 8 | - 2019-02-11 - Start functional verification of 2 spectrographs at KPNO |
| | 9 | - 2019-02-15 - DR8 release |
| | 10 | - 2019-03-11 - CI installed |
| | 11 | - 2019-03-14 - CI available to commissioning team |
| | 12 | - 2019-04-24 - End of CI run (6 weeks long) |
| | 13 | - 2019-07-15 - DR9 release |
| | 14 | - 2019-08-23 - Focal plane + fiber installation |
| | 15 | - 2019-09-03 - Commissioning start |
| | 16 | - 2019-10-01 - Last spectrograph installed |
| | 17 | - 2020-01-11 - Nominal start of SV |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | Activities at Kitt Peak updated from DESI-4550 on 11 Dec 2018. |
