= Schedule =

== Near-future milestones ==

- 2019-01-11 - Install first spectrograph on rack at Mayall Telescope (line 656)
- 2019-01-24 - Primary mirror re-aluminization complete and back on telescope (line 269)
- 2019-02-11 - Start functional verification of two spectrographs at KPNO
- 2019-02-15 - Install second spectrograph on rack at Mayall Telescope (line 677)
- 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 365)
- 2019-05-16 - End of CI run (6 weeks long, line 365)
- 2019-07-15 - Imaging Surveys DR9 release
- 2019-09-06 - Commissioning start with focal plane + spectrographs (First Light, line 615, "Telescope ready")
- 2019-10-08 - Last spectrograph installed (line 639, "Install Spectrographs")
- 2020-01-11 - Nominal start of Survey Validation

Activities at Kitt Peak updated from [docdb:4550 DESI-4550] on 21 Jan 2019.