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

• 2019-03-11 - 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 DESI-4550 on 9 Mar 2019.