ESA XMM-Newton’s trail on the night-sky was seen by amateur astronomers using the Starkenburg observatory in Germany on 20 October 2008, after ESA lost communication contact with the spacecraft on 18 October 2008. These images showed that the satellite has not fragmented and that it is flying maintaining a constant attitude in its expected orbit.
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