Timeline
2023
Start
Receiving the first light of the telescope
2022
Construction
Primary mirror overlay
2022
Construction
Secondary mirror overlay
2022
Construction
Completing the layering system
2021
Construction
Civil construction completed
2021
Construction
Telescope installed
2020
Construction
Telescope assembled
2020
Construction
Dome installed
2018
Construction
Telescope construction begins
2017
Construction
Enclosure and site construction begins
2017
Construction
Science Operation begins at the site
2016
Construction
Road construction completed
2016
Construction
Secondary mirror ordered
2016
Design
Detail design complete
2014
Design
Primary mirror is delivered to INO
2013
Design
Detail design begins
2012
Design
Road construction begins
2012
Concept
Conceptual design approved
2009
Concept
Primary mirror ordered
2008
Concept
Site monitoring begins in Gargash and Dinava
2007
Setup
Site selection concludes with Gargash and Dinava
2006
Setup
IPM hosts INO project
2003
Initiation
Four sites selected for long term monitoring
2001
Initiation
Initiation