  The KArlsruhe TRItium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is designed to measure
tritium $\beta$-decay spectrum with enough precision to be sensitive to
neutrino mass down to 0.2eV at 90$\%$ Confidence Level. After an initial first
tritium run in the summer of 2018, KATRIN is taking tritium data in 2019 that
should lead to a first neutrino mass result. The $\beta$ spectral shape of the
tritium decay is also sensitive to four countershaded Lorentz Violating (LV),
oscillation-free operators within the Standard-Model Extension that may be
quite large. The status and outlook of KATRIN to produce physics results,
including in the LV sector, are discussed.
