= Schedule =

== Near-future 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 (line 681)
- 2019-03-13 - Fiber View Camera (FVC) installation (line 338)
- 2019-03-15 - Imaging Surveys DR8 release
- 2019-04-01 - Commissioning Instrument available to commissioning team (line 368)
- 2019-05-16 - End of CI run (6 weeks long, line 368)
- 2019-07-15 - Imaging Surveys DR9 release
- 2019-09-09 - Commissioning start with focal plane + spectrographs (First Light, line 618, "Telescope ready")
- 2019-10-01 - Last spectrograph installed (line 642, "Install Spectrographs")
- 2020-01-11 - Nominal start of Survey Validation

Activities at Kitt Peak updated from [docdb:4550 DESI-4550] on 3 Feb 2019.