Abbott, B.Abbott, R.Adhikari, R.Agresti, J.Ajith, P.Allen, B.Amin, R.Anderson, S.Anderson, W.Arain, M.Araya, M.Armandula, H.Ashley, M.Aston, S.Aufmuth, P.Aulbert, C.Babak, S.Ballmer, S.Bantilan, H.Barish, B.et al.Veitch, Peter JohnHosken, David JohnMunch, Jesper2007-07-052007-07-052006Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2006; 23(19):S653-S6600264-93811361-6382http://hdl.handle.net/2440/34511Copyright © Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing Limited 2006. Peter Veitch, David Hosken and Jesper Munch are members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration<jats:p>In November 2005, the LIGO interferometer network began data taking for its latest data run (S5). All three interferometers are working at design sensitivities with duty cycles expected to reach 80%. The Hanford 4 km detector regularly achieves a<jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="cqg227189ieqn1.gif"/>neutron star inspiral range of 12 Mpc. The S5 data run will record one year of coincident science data at unprecedented sensitivity ending in mid 2007.</jats:p>enStatus of LIGO at the start of the fifth science runJournal article002006478910.1088/0264-9381/23/19/S032-s2.0-3374891288550119Ottaway, D. [0000-0001-6794-1591]Veitch, P. [0000-0002-2597-435X]