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The CTA observatory with its two arrays will be operated by one single consortium and a significant and increasing fraction of the observation time will be open to the general astrophysical community to maximize CTA scientific return.
The CTA project has entered the pre-construction phase. The first Large Size Telescope has been inaugurated in October 2018, accordingly to the schedule (see Fig. \ref{CtaTimeline}), in the La Palma CTA Northern Site. During 2019 the construction of 3 more LSTs will start. In December 2018 another telescope prototype, the Dual Mirror Medium Size Telescope has been also inaugurated at the Mount Whipple Observatory (Arizona, US).
The CTA project has entered the pre-construction phase. The first Large Size Telescope (LST) has been inaugurated in October 2018, accordingly to the schedule (see Fig. \ref{CtaTimeline}), in the La Palma CTA Northern Site. During 2019 the construction of 3 more LSTs will start. In December 2018 another telescope prototype, the Dual Mirror Medium Size Telescope has been also inaugurated at the Mount Whipple Observatory (Arizona, US).
Meanwhile detailed geophysical characterization of the southern site is ongoing and the agreement between the hosting country and the CTA Observatory has been signed.
First commissioning data from LST1 have started to be acquired at the end of 2018, in 2019 the first gamma-rays observations are expected.
CTA Observatory is expected to become fully operational by 2025 but precursors mini-arrays are expected to operate already in 2020.
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A massive production of simulated data has been carried on in 2018 to estimate the expected performance with improved telescopes' models and with different night-sky background levels. A simulation dedicated to the detailed comparison of different Small Size Telescope versions was also carried on. Simulated data have been analyzed with two different analysis chains to crosscheck the results and have been also used for the development of the new official CTA reconstruction and analysis pipeline.
