Schedule

Near-future milestones

• 2019-01-11 - Install first spectrograph on rack at Mayall Telescope (line 656)
• 2019-01-25 - 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 678)
• 2019-03-11 - Fiber View Camera (FVC) installation (line 337)
• 2019-03-15 - Imaging Surveys DR8 release
• 2019-04-02 - Commissioning Instrument available to commissioning team (line 365)
• 2019-05-17 - End of CI run (6 weeks long, line 365)
• 2019-07-15 - Imaging Surveys DR9 release
• 2019-09-09 - Commissioning start with focal plane + spectrographs (First Light, line 615, "Telescope ready")
• 2019-10-01 - Last spectrograph installed (line 639, "Install Spectrographs")
• 2020-01-11 - Nominal start of Survey Validation

Activities at Kitt Peak updated from DESI-4550 on 26 Jan 2019.