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

Near-future milestones

• 2019-03-13 - Fiber View Camera (FVC) installation and start verification (line 339)
• 2019-03-25 - Imaging Surveys DR8 release
• 2019-03-28 - Commissioning Instrument available to commissioning team (line 366)
• 2019-05-15 - End of CI run (6 weeks long, line 366)
• 2019-07-15 - Imaging Surveys DR9 release
• 2019-09-05 - Commissioning start with focal plane + spectrographs (First Light, line 620, "Telescope ready")
• 2019-10-01 - Last spectrograph installed (line 644, "Install Spectrographs")
• 2020-01-12 - Nominal start of Survey Validation (line 903)

Activities at Kitt Peak updated from DESI-4550 on 23 Feb 2019.