Schedule
HSC project schedule toward the first light is the following (as of 05/02/2012 )| 2011/08 | WFC Lens arrived at the summit. | Hawaii |
| New Prime Focus Unit (PFU) arrived at the summit. | Hawaii | |
| 2011/09 | Docking of WFC mechanical mock-up and PFU | Hawaii |
| FEU shipping | Tokyo | |
| 2011/10 | New PFU + mock WFC telescope mount rehearsal | Hawaii |
| 2011/11 | 116 CCDs installation into the cryostat | Tokyo |
| HSC Camera System Testing | Tokyo | |
| 2012/03 | HSC Camera System shipping | Tokyo |
| 2012/06 | Docking of WFC and PFU | Hawaii |
| 2012/08 | First Light | Hawaii |
| (comissioing run contunes every few months) |
