Project

Jan 2016: Calar Alto acceptance - science survey start
Sep 2015: First light and NIR- and VIS-channel spectrographs commissioning start, Calar Alto
Mar 2015: Front-end commissionning, Calar Alto
June 2014: NIR and VIS calibration units acceptance, Tautenburg
Feb 2013: CARMENES Final Design Review, Granada
Apr 2012: CARMENES Optics Final Design Review
Jul 2011: CARMENES Preliminary Design Review, Madrid
Feb 2011: Agreement for the CARMENES instrument for Calar Alto
Dec 2010: Phase-B Kick-off Meeting, Granada
Jul 2010: CARMENES post-Conceptual Design Review, Granada
May 2010: Calar Alto green light
Oct 2009: CARMENES+XMS Conceptual Design Review, Granada
Feb 2009: Phase-A Kick-off Meeting, Heidelberg - project start
Jan 2009: Calar Alto design studies decision
Dec 2008: Proposal for a High-Resolution Near-Infrared and Optical Spectrograph for Calar Alto
Jun 2008: Calar Alto instrumentation Workshop, Granada
Mar 2008: Call for letters of intent for the construction of the next generation instrument for CAHA 3.5m telescope