| A | B |
|---|---|
| Artist’s impression of the XMM-Newton spacecraft | … |
| Names | High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission |
| Mission type | X-ray astronomy |
| Operator | European Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 1999-066A |
| SATCAT no. | 25989 |
| Website | http://sci.esa.int/xmm-newton/ http://xmm.esac.esa.int/ |
| Mission duration | Planned: 10 years1 Elapsed: 26 years, 6 months, 17 days |
| Spacecraft properties | … |
| Manufacturer | Dornier Satellitensysteme, Carl Zeiss, Media Lario, Matra Marconi Space, BPD Difesa e Spazio, Fokker Space2 |
| Launch mass | 3,764 kg (8,298 lb)2 |
| Dry mass | 3,234 kg (7,130 lb) |
| Dimensions | Length: 10.8 m (35 ft)2 Span: 16.16 m (53 ft)2 |
| Power | 1,600 watts2 |
| Start of mission | … |
| Launch date | 10 December 1999, 14:32 UTC3 |
| Rocket | Ariane 5G No. 5044 |
| Launch site | Guiana Space Centre ELA-324 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| Entered service | 1 July 20002 |
| End of mission | … |
| Deactivated | presumed end of 2026 or later5 |
| Orbital parameters | … |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Semi-major axis | 65,648.3 km (40,792.0 mi) |
| Eccentricity | 0.816585 |
| Perigee altitude | 5,662.7 km (3,518.6 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 112,877.6 km (70,138.9 mi) |
| Inclination | 67.1338 degrees |
| Period | 2789.9 minutes |
| Epoch | 4 February 2016, 01:06:30 UTC6 |
| Main telescope | … |
| Type | 3 × Wolter type-12 |
| Diameter | Outer mirror: 70 cm (28 in)2 Inner mirror: 30.6 cm (12 in)2 |
| Focal length | 7.5 m (25 ft)2 |
| Collecting area | 0.1475 m (2 sq ft) at 1.5 keV2 0.0580 m (1 sq ft) at 8 keV2 |
| Wavelengths | 0.1–12 keV (12–0.1 nm)2 |
| Resolution | 5 to 14 arcseconds2 |
ESA insignia (2020s) Horizon 2000 (Science Programme) | … |
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Footnotes
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“XMM-Newton factsheet”. European Space Agency. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2018. ↩
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Wilson, Andrew (June 2005). “XMM-Newton” (PDF). ESA Achievements (3rd ed.). European Space Agency. pp. 206–209. ISBN 92-9092-493-4. ESA Publication BR-250. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15
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“A Faultless Launch”. European Space Agency. 10 December 1999. Retrieved 21 September 2014. ↩
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“Ariane-5”. Gunter’s Space Page. Retrieved 21 September 2014. ↩ ↩2
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“Extended life for ESA’s science missions”. ESA. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023. ↩
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“XMM – Orbit”. Heavens Above. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016. ↩