Timeline
2023
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Start
Receiving the first light of the telescope
2022
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Construction
Primary mirror overlay
2022
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Construction
Secondary mirror overlay
2022
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Construction
Completing the layering system
2021
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Construction
Civil construction completed
2021
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/telescope-installed.jpg)
Construction
Telescope installed
2020
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/telescope-assemble.jpg)
Construction
Telescope assembled
2020
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/demo.jpg)
Construction
Dome installed
2018
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/telescope-construction.jpg)
Construction
Telescope construction begins
2017
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Construction
Enclosure and site construction begins
2017
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/science-operation-begin.jpg)
Construction
Science Operation begins at the site
2016
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Construction
Road construction completed
2016
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/secondary-mirror.jpg)
Construction
Secondary mirror ordered
2016
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Design
Detail design complete
2014
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/mirror-delivered.jpg)
Design
Primary mirror is delivered to INO
2013
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Design
Detail design begins
2012
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Design
Road construction begins
2012
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/conceptual-design.jpg)
Concept
Conceptual design approved
2009
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/primary-mirror.jpg)
Concept
Primary mirror ordered
2008
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/site-monitoring.jpg)
Concept
Site monitoring begins in Gargash and Dinava
2007
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/gargash-dinava.jpg)
Setup
Site selection concludes with Gargash and Dinava
2006
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Setup
IPM hosts INO project
2003
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/four-site-selected.jpg)
Initiation
Four sites selected for long term monitoring
2001
![](http://ino.org.ir/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/site-selection.jpg)
Initiation
Initiation