The anticipated configuration schedule for Cycle 5 has been modified from that posted in the Proposer's Guide and the updated schedule is available via this link. The most significant change is that Cycle 5 will begin in the configuration C43-10 instead of C43-7, and then move to more compact configurations.
ALMA: Updated Configuration Schedule for Cycle 5
Published: 12 Oct 2017
The changes were made to optimise the schedule in response to the pressure from the top-rated Cycle 5 proposals and adverse weather at the ALMA site, which affected the configuration schedule at the end of Cycle 4.