MACAO-VLTI Milestones
03/2000: Conceptual design review
10/2000: Preliminary design review
04/2001: Final design review
04/2002: Test bench integration
09/2002: First close loop
03/2003: Integration in Paranal
04/2003: MACAO#1 first light (UT2)
01/2004: MACAO#2 first light (UT3)
08/2004: MACAO#3 first light (UT4)
02/2005: MACAO#4 first light (UT1)


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MACAO-VLTI Integration Slideshow

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MACAO-VLTI description
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MACAO Downloads

FDR integration plan
SPIE-2004 article

Integration Responsible

Christophe Dupuy
Sebastien Tordo