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XMM-Newton operations
 
 
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XMM-Newton spacecraft
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Detecting the Universe's hot spots.

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  The Flight Control Team
 
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Markus Kirsch: SOM for XMM-Newton at ESA/ESOC
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Markus Kirsch is Spacecraft Operations Manager for XMM-Newton.

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Ariane-5, with XMM-Newton on board, makes a perfect liftoff


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  The ground stations
Perth, Kourou
 
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ESTRACK S- & X-band ground station at Perth
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ESA's Perth station is located 20 kilometres north of Perth (Australia) on the campus of the Perth International Telecommunications Centre (PITC), which is owned by Telstra, and operated by Xantic.

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SCOS-2000 MCS
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This mission uses SCOS-2000, the European standard mission control system developed at ESOC.

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Schematic diagram of XMM-Newton's instruments
XMM payload sketch - mirror modules lower left; right end focal X-ray instruments; EPIC MOS cameras and radiators (black/green 'horns'); EPIC pn camera radiator (violet); RGS detectors (pink) and radiators (light blue); OM telescope (orange) partially obscured.

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