Sep 2015 | PRI Focus Translation System FDR |
September 2015 | PFC Blank 5 delivered to Kiwistar |
28th August 2015 | PRI Trolleys FDR |
8th June 2015 | MultiLateral Agreement is now fully signed by all agencies |
3rd June 2015 | Franche Comté provides funds for WEAVE fibres |
27th-29th May 2015 | WEAVE Science Planning meeting at Leiden |
15th May 2015 | Engineering grade CCD231-C6 delivered by e2V |
23rd April 2015 | PDR for Archive System |
23rd April 2015 | FDR Core and Advanced Processing System |
18th March 2015 | FDR for Spectrograph System |
22nd Janaury 2015 | FDR for Fibre Positioner System |
19th December 2014 | PFC Blank 1 delivered to Kiwistar |
2nd December 2014 | PFC Blank 3 delivered to Kiwistar |
3rd November 2014 | PFC Blank 4 delivered to Kiwistar |
22nd July 2014 | France's Conseil Scientifique Régional d'Île-de-France approves funds for WEAVE |
28th June 2014 | WEAVE well-represented at SPIE in Montreal |
26th June 2014 | Spain's Plan Nacional approves funds for WEAVE |
13th June 2014 | Kiwistar selected to polish PFC lenses |
10th June 2014 | PDR of the CPS/APS |
30th April 2014 | Blank for PFC lens 1 ordered |
29th April 2014 | Spain's FEDER committee approves funds for WEAVE |
11th April 2014 | Published tender for PFC lens polishing and coating |
30th March 2014 | Science CCDs ordered from e2v |
25th March 2014 | Full UK funding released by STFC |
25th March 2014 | WEAVE Board meeting in Rome. Attended by INAF Directors following the agreement to include Italy in the project. |
20th February 2014 | First MOS fibre prototype received |
12th February 2014 | Final design stage mid-term assessment |
31st January 2014 | Positioner PLC received |
30th January 2014 | Spectrograph optical final design review |
24th January 2014 | Prime focus corrector blank (B6) has been completed |
19th December 2013 | Successful Gaia launch |
15th November 2013 | Five of the six corrector blanks ordered |
7th November 2013 | STFC's Science Board recommends full funding for WEAVE |
6th September 2013 | STFC PPRP visiting panel at RAL Space |
9th July 2013 | Prime focus optical design FDR |
3rd-4th July 2013 | STFC PPRP meeting |
30th April 2013 | STFC PPRP funding proposal submitted |
22nd-23rd May 2013 | WEAVE Engineering meeting to close preliminary design stage (Stage Two) and initiate final design stage (Stage three) |
19th-20th March 2013 | WEAVE PDR completed |
21st February 2013 | NWO (Dutch Science Foundation) awards 960 k€ for WEAVE hardware to Prof.dr. S.C. Trager (WEAVE NL PI, Project Scientist, and Deputy PI) through its NWO-M programme. See this page for a short description of the project (in Dutch) |
18th February 2013 | Preliminary Design Review (PDR) documentation delivered to reviewers. PDR will be held in Madrid 19-20 March 2013 |
11th October 2012 | NWO (Dutch Science Foundation) Board of Exact Sciences approves 2M€ for staff costs connected to WEAVE design and construction in the period 2012-2015 |
26th-27th June 2012 | WEAVE project stage II Mid-Term Assessment meeting in Liverpool. Project progressing as desired |
17th-18th April 2012 | WEAVE Engineering meeting in Amsterdam. Conceptual designs discussed and moved towards preliminary designs |
2nd January 2012 | Start of WEAVE project stage II, in which preliminary designs are developed |
2012 | Funds received from Île-de-France for prototyping MOS fibres |
19th December 2011 | End of WEAVE project stage I. Final science cases delivered |
3rd October 2011 | Start of WEAVE project stage I, in which the user requirements will be captured. Final science cases and a concept-of-operations document will be delivered by 16 December |
22nd-23rd September 2011 | WEAVE kick-off meeting in Amsterdam. Engineering session on Thursday 22nd September. Science session on Friday 23rd September |
13th July 2011 | STFC's PPAN (Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics) science committee states that WEAVE is one of the highest priorities for UK investment in new ground-based astronomical instrumentation, and recommends that STFC provides support through the design phase |
14th April 2011 | Presentation about WEAVE made to STFC's PPAN (Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics) science committee by Gavin Dalton (RAL) |
31st January 2011 | 'Statement of interest' submitted to STFC. The partners are STFC, the University of Oxford, LJMU, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, ASTRON, Observatoire de Paris, Lund University and ING |
11th January 2011 | Piercarlo Bonifacio and team join the WEAVE consortium following the closure of the GYES project |
30th November 2010 | Conceptual designs of the new prime-focus corrector for the WHT, and of the spectrograph components, were presented at the WEAVE engineering meeting, Heathrow |
14th October 2010 | Proposed WHT MOS instrument named as WEAVE (WHT Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer) |
1st October 2010 | Letter of intent submitted to ESO for the construction of a MOS on the WHT |
26th April 2010 | "WHT MOS Science Group meeting", London |
22nd March 2010 | "Science with the William Herschel Telescopes 2010-2020" London workshop |