Contact with XMM-Newton lost
Submit on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 05:57
During last weekend ESA lost contact with its XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. However, a feeble radio signal has been heard, and ground-based observations confirm that the spacecraft is intact. XMM-Newton has operated faultlessly in orbit for almost nine years, close to its design life-time.
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