= 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 - 2019-03-11 - Fiber View Camera (FVC) installation [https://desi.lbl.gov/trac/tracmailman/browser/private/desi-daylog/2019-March/000316.html (daylog)] - 2019-03-14 - Telescope motion enabled [https://desi.lbl.gov/trac/tracmailman/browser/private/desi-daylog/2019-March/000320.html (daylog)] - 2019-03-20 - Imaging Surveys dr8b release - 2019-04-01 - Start of Commissioning Instrument (CI) run - 2019-05-06 - Pause in CI run to move cage == Near-future milestones == - 2019-05-17 - Resume CI run (could be as early as 05-15 depending on progress) - 2019-05-31 - Imaging Surveys DR8 release - 2019-06-03 - End of CI run - 2019-09-23 - Commissioning start with focal plane + spectrographs (First Light, line 701, "Telescope ready") - 2019-10-17 - Last spectrograph installed (line 725, "Install Spectrographs") - 2019-10-15 - Imaging Surveys DR9 release (TBD) - 2019-12-10 - Initial Survey Validation fields (line 974) - 2020-01-12 - Nominal start of Survey Validation (line 985) Activities at Kitt Peak updated from [docdb:4550 DESI-4550] on 28 Apr 2019.