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Guy et al. RTN-11 : summary
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Useful definitions : (see the bottom of this page for the description of the data products in this Table 1 from Guy et al.).
System First Light : a milestone that marks the end of the on-sky engineering phase
System optimisation and Science Validation phase : period of about 4 months after System First Light
Start of LSST Science operations : projected about 4 months after System First Light and after the Science Validation phase has been successfully completed
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Data release dates and observation coverage
There was is a revised full 10 year approximate data release schedule in Marshall et al. RDO-11, but since this has been superseded which is now aligned with the schedule outlined in Guy et al. , it has been removed from this page. The schedule from the new and updated version of RDO-11 (expected soon in 2023) will be summarised here when available. document.
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Details of what will be included in the various data releases
As noted above DP1 and DP2 will be revised such that there will be no on-sky data with ComCam, and the project will move more quickly to LSSTCam on-sky data. A revised Marshall The Guy et al. document all above outlines what will be released in 2023. I have deleted the previous schedule which was posted here and we are awaiting a new version of RDO-11. the data releases and here is the Table 1 from Marshall et al. describing what those data products are.
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