= Schedule = == Near-future milestones == - 2019-01-24 - Primary mirror re-aluminization complete and back on telescope (line 269) - 2019-01-28 - Begin installation of spectrographs + cryostats at the Mayall Telescope (line 646) - 2019-02-11 - Start functional verification of two spectrographs at KPNO - 2019-02-15 - Imaging Surveys DR8 release - 2019-03-11 - Fiber View Camera (FVC) installation (line 338) - 2019-04-01 - Commissioning Instrument available to commissioning team ( line 360) - 2019-05-13 - End of CI run (6 weeks long, line 361) - 2019-07-15 - Imaging Surveys DR9 release - 2019-09-20 - Commissioning start with focal plane + spectrographs (First Light, line 598) - 2019-10-08 - Last spectrograph installed (line 618) - 2020-01-11 - Nominal start of Survey Validation Activities at Kitt Peak updated from DESI-4550 on 13 Jan 2019.