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Timeline
Jun 2018 Science operations begin Mar 2018 First light Oct 2017 Fibre positioner ready for commissioning Oct 2017 MOS fibres installation on Plate B May 2017 Spectrograph ready for commissioning Apr 2017 MOS fibres installation on Plate A Apr 2017 LIFU installation Mar 2016 Start of system integration Jan 2016 First component (handling trolley) arrives at the WHT Apr 2015 Most of system final design reviews completed Mar 2015 Conference: "Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys and Wide Fields" Apr 2014 Blank for prime-focus corrector lens 1 is ordered Mar 2014 Science CCDs are ordered Feb 2014 First MOS fibre prototype Jan 2014 Final spectrograph optical design Dec 2013 GAIA launch Nov 2013 Five of the six prime-focus corrector blanks are ordered Jul 2013 Final prime-focus optical design Mar 2013 Preliminary design completion Oct 2012 Workshop: "La Palma and Calar Alto Observatories, Science in the Next Decade" Dec 2011 Science case delivery Sep 2011 Kick-off meeting Mar 2010 Workshop: "Science with the William Herschel Telescope 2010-2020" Sep 2008 Report by the European Telescope Strategic Review Committee of ASTRONET on "Europe's 2-4m Telescopes Over the Decade to 2020"