Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
European X-ray observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1999-066; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 10 December 1999, 14:32:07 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5G
- Orbit
- Very high Earth orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
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Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
XMM
European X-ray observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S25989
- Manufacturer
- Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace (DASA)-Friedrichsafen
- Launch mass
- 3,764 kg
- Propulsion
- XMM AOCS
- Dimensions
- 10 m long · 3 m diameter · 10 m span
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