= Schedule =

== Past milestones ==

- 2019-01-11 - Install first spectrograph on rack at Mayall Telescope
- 2019-01-25 - Primary mirror re-aluminization complete and back on telescope
- 2019-02-11 - Start functional verification of two spectrographs at KPNO
- 2019-02-15 - Install second spectrograph on rack at Mayall Telescope
- 2019-03-34 - Telescope motion enabled for first time since Feb 2018 [https://desi.lbl.gov/trac/tracmailman/browser/private/desi-daylog/2019-March/000320.html daylog]

== Near-future milestones ==

- 2019-03-11 - Fiber View Camera (FVC) installation and start verification (line 341)
- 2019-03-25 - Imaging Surveys DR8 release
- 2019-04-01 - Start of Commissioning Instrument (CI) run (line 372)
- 2019-05-17 - End of CI run (6 weeks long, line 372)
- 2019-07-15 - Imaging Surveys DR9 release
- 2019-09-12 - Commissioning start with focal plane + spectrographs (First Light, line 627, "Telescope ready")
- 2019-10-01 - Last spectrograph installed (line 651, "Install Spectrographs")
- 2020-01-12 - Nominal start of Survey Validation (line 910)

Activities at Kitt Peak updated from [docdb:4550 DESI-4550] on 9 Mar 2019.