XMM-Newton
Sign in to saveAlso known as X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton, High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission, XMM
280px|thumb|right|Animation of XMM-Newton trajectory around Earth XMM-Newton, also known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission, is an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency in December 1999 on an Ariane 5 rocket. It is the second cornerstone mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 programme. Named after physicist and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton, the spacecraft is tasked with investigating interstellar X-ray sources, performing narrow- and broad-range spectroscopy, and performing the first simultaneous imaging of objects in both X-ray
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- XMM-Newton
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- High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission
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- XMM-Newton spacecraft model.png
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- Artist's impression of the XMM-Newton spacecraft
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- X-ray astronomy
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- European Space Agency
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- 1999-066A
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- 25989
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- http://sci.esa.int/xmm-newton/ http://xmm.esac.esa.int/
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- Planned: 10 years Elapsed:
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- Dornier Satellitensysteme, Carl Zeiss, Media Lario, Matra Marconi Space, BPD Difesa e Spazio, Fokker Space
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- Length: Span:
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- 1,600 watts
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- Ariane 5G No. 504
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- Guiana Space Centre ELA-3
via Wikipedia infobox
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- Instance of
- X-ray telescope
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Mass
- 3234
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands
- Official website
- nxsa.esac.esa.int
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- XMM-Newton
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1999-12-10
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- ELA-3
- powered by
- nickel–cadmium battery
- type of orbit
- highly elliptical orbit
- capital cost
- 689000000
- launch contractor
- Arianespace
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Concept and mission history
- Operation
- Mission extensions
- Spacecraft
- Instruments
- European Photon Imaging Cameras{{anchor|EPIC}}
- Reflection Grating Spectrometers{{anchor|RGS}}
- Optical Monitor{{anchor|OM}}
- Telescopes
- Subsystems
- Attitude & Orbit Control System{{anchor|AOCS}}
- Power systems
- Radiation Monitor System{{anchor|ERMS}}
- Visual Monitoring Cameras{{anchor|VMC}}
- Ground systems
- Observations and discoveries
- See also
- References
- External links
280px|thumb|right|Animation of XMM-Newton trajectory around Earth XMM-Newton, also known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission, is an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency in December 1999 on an Ariane 5 rocket. It is the second cornerstone mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 programme. Named after physicist and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton, the spacecraft is tasked with investigating interstellar X-ray sources, performing narrow- and broad-range spectroscopy, and performing the first simultaneous imaging of objects in both X-ray and optical (visible and ultraviolet) wavelengths.
Initially funded for two years, with a ten-year design life, the spacecraft remains in good health and has received repeated mission extensions, most recently in March 2023 and is scheduled to operate until the end of 2026. ESA plans to succeed XMM-Newton with the Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics (ATHENA), the second large mission in the Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 plan, to be launched in 2035. XMM-Newton is similar to NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, also launched in 1999.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “XMM-Newton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.