1. Chuck F Claver LSST System Scientist & Commissioning Lead
LSST Commissioning
Chuck F Claver LSST System Scientist & Commissioning Lead
Monday, August 14, 2017

2. Commissioning answers three basic questions
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

3. Commissioning answers three basic questions
Did we build the thing we said we were going to build? Verification
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

4. Commissioning answers three basic questions
Did we build the thing we said we were going to build? Verification Did we build the right thing – does it do what we want and expect it to do? Validation
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

5. Commissioning answers three basic questions
Did we build the thing we said we were going to build? Verification Did we build the right thing – does it do what we want and expect it to do? Validation Do we understand how and why the thing we built works the way it does? Characterization
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

6. What is LSST Commissioning?
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

7. What is LSST Commissioning?
It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

8. What is LSST Commissioning?
It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO It includes system level verification of hardware & software
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

9. What is LSST Commissioning?
It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO It includes system level verification of hardware & software It includes validation of the science products
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

10. What is LSST Commissioning?
It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO It includes system level verification of hardware & software It includes validation of the science products It includes characterizing the system as it is being built
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

11. What is LSST Commissioning?
It includes System Integration & Test – Telescope + Camera + DMS + EPO It includes system level verification of hardware & software It includes validation of the science products It includes characterizing the system as it is being built It includes characterizing the final as-built system
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017

12. Commissioning Milestones
Data Production Milestone
Start Date
First calibration data from Auxiliary Telescope
November 2018
First on-sky and calibration images with ComCam
May 2020
Images from Camera re-verification at Summit Facility
July 2020
Sustained observing with ComCam
August 2020
First on-sky and calibration data from Camera+Telescope
February 2021
Sustained scheduler driven observing with Camera+Telescope
April 2021
Start Science Verification mini-Surveys
June 2021
LSST Tucson, AZ - August , 2017